When you think of history, does it remind you of ancient civilizations? Sarah Parcak is an Egyptologist, this means she uses advanced technology like Infared satellite imagery. Although weather satellites and complex ocean drones may be interesting, they are not as advanced and useful as infared and laser light.
Sarah Parcak and her team went to the 3,000 year-old city of Tanis. They found a mound covered with muddy soil and used infared technology to reveal "1,000 tombs, 17 potentially buried pyramids, and about 3,000 settlements." (Source #3, Paragraph 3). How does infared satellite imagery work? "Infared satellite imagery can locate objects on the ground less than two feet wide." (Source #3, Paragraph 2). There are satellite images
