Quote by: Sarah Parcak

We've found that patterns of site looting have increased between 500 and 1000 percent since the start of the Arab Spring. Now this is a problem as old as human beings. People were looting tombs 5,000 years ago in Egypt as soon as people were buried, but the problem is only getting worse and worse.


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  • NameSarah Parcak
  • DescriptionAmerican archaeologist
  • ProfessionEgyptologist; Anthropologist; Archaeologist