Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late | Sarah Parcak

[@MsOm2006]

I really want to thank you ..I'm Egyptian ...and because of the whole madness we have been living in from 2013, I hated being Egyptian . but you just remind me how amazing it was once ...and I should be proud of my country whatever happened

[@AnIdiotsLantern]

Egypt was the first example of what Humanity was capable of creating. The madness will pass. Keep hope alive.

[@nyakimovich]

Be well, goddess. 💜💛💜💛

[@ajakajok5666]

People should know that many paintings and artifacts like the one Brags about by this woman are none but recent and fake. They are not ancient what so ever. They are part of distortion campaign of African stolen History. The Current so called Egyptians are settlers like their counterparts in North America represented by this propagandist talking.

[@positifflight8592]

You can be part of the journey to make it great again

[@216trixie]

I've been a lifelong rockhound. Never interested in artifacts until a few weeks ago. Turns out that piles of jade I've collected off of a few beaches are actually artifacts. Tools, jewelry and art of all kinds. I've been up until 3am for a month now. I've identified almost 400 worked pieces. Nice to see a talk like this on TED.

[@paulstrau1532]

I would not get into a fight with her. - I bet she loves bringing up the past

[@Mike-wc7em]

Paul Strauß u fockn wot

[@Mr.Marbles]

"... but what should i expect? your ancestors from 2500 years agow werent any different"

[@meekkingachor5610]

Paul Strauß funny

[@gutspraygore]

Yeah. She'd ruin me.

[@lodewykvanderwesthuyzen7013]

Ba dum tssssss.

[@tabethag.h1851]

I'm graduating this July as a student of ancient history, this is so inspiring. Passion for people and history is why I chose to persue a degree in ancient history.

[@darpur5469]

What jobs are available?

[@las1147]

always have been interested in archeology, I think it's such a fascinating thing to just even think about all the humans and animals that have been on the spot you are sitting right now, it's almost incomprehensible

[@MooonCaat]

Lukaaz I think about this often as well, so extremely interesting. This was such a great Ted Talks.

[@las1147]

MoonCat For me it's already hard to grasp how many people lived in my house over the last 120 years and what took place in all these rooms.

[@ree8698]

imagine how many grave you're sitting on right now lmaoo sorry..

[@krool1648]

and dinosaurs.

[@muddywaters8706]

The irony is palpable.

[@fburton8]

Love Sarah Parcak's enthusiasm for her subject!

[@EspacX]

When two archeologists go dating, it's a whole different thing.

[@stinkleaf]

her opener is right out of the effective presentation playbook. Tell a story the audience can connect with on an emotional level.

[@lovetobritney]

Gosh stop the trolling ! Such an inspirational speech and a great idea! So much passion for her job! Enjoyed every second of it

[@evelynmarshall217]

Absolutely brilliant inspiring talk. I've already joined. Am now a global archaeologist and my yearning to help protect the world's sites is being mightily assisted by Sara's encouragement.

[@not6709]

This woman is giving advice on twitter on how to tear down the Washington monument.

[@piotrskaba4903]

Up

[@TimmacTR]

I'm....digging this.. :)

[@ferzubi0232]

One of muy favourite TED talks on this months, really cool idea and really cool explanation

[@srimansrini]

In this evocative talk, Egyptologist Sarah Parcak gives a riveting tale of her excavation experience. She also urges the common people like us to join her mission of finding the priceless treasure hidden beneath our feet. What she is doing is commendable and certainly, she needs more support to achieve her ambitious dream of documenting the archeologically significant treasures of our earth. Highly recommended.

[@peanutpbj]

Oh this is so rich- this person is discussing looting at 10:10 after tweeting instructions on how to destroy a national monument. Real bad look for an archaeologist. HYPOCRITE

[@siddhanttewari5147]

Inspiring speech. Archaeology truly should be available for practice to everybody.

[@rahoulzerohl]

Holy Jumping! What an inspiring person!

[@traviswysote2605]

To be fair, American anthropologists and archaeologists have plundered and destroyed a lot. Indigenous Peoples are still having our communities exploited, our knowledges disrespected and dismissed, our stories and ceremonial objects appropriated and displayed without context. Our traditional ecological knowledge and our sacred sites are sometimes designated as "world heritage" within the global village, but our worldviews are given more airtime by Ancient Aliens than they are by mainstream scientists. We are reduced to "culture" within the gaze of a supposedly unerring, objective, and superior Western "science" - yet the West seems to have little awareness of how objectively harmful this process has been for us, how much this has cost everybody else but those who benefit. We know where many of these ancient sites are - we just aren't telling you. We know that nothing good will come of it because it's just another frontier for science - new avenues for building the careers of Western academics on the backs of impoverished Indigenous folks. Most see only what they want to see, only that which is useful to them in the academic industrial complex: publish that next paper, submit that next grant publication, build that resume, produce, produce, produce! What most Indigenous Peoples want to see from archaeologists and anthropology is a focus on building healthy relationships. Build respectful, informed, consenting, and reciprocal relationships with the people who belong to these sacred sites before taking it upon yourself to "discover" something that was never lost or missing in the first place. Most of us will be familiar with the notion that knowledge is power, but this presentation seems to be forgetting "whose" knowledge counts as knowledge - whose knowledge is considered powerful - who is entitled to be arbiter of the known and unknown: the lost, the found, and the discovered.

[@maximillianschauer1439]

Travis Wysote ive always considered this as well. i hope things improve

[@maximillianschauer1439]

Felix Johnson thats kinda sad people are too lazy to read?

[@lauralawson9460]

Yeah, archaeologists can have a bad habit of political footballing indigenous culture in the light of archaeological discovery. It is important to note that archaeologists in a legal framework are more admin, fieldworkers, and can sometimes poorly educated.

[@krossF]

cough up the sacred junk, or we'll indiana jones it the hard way. your call

[@michaelhubbard5591]

Yeah... Fork over the wampum or were sending in the Ghost of Hiram Bingham... Comprende Kemosabe ???

[@daniel4647]

This lady is awesome, great talk

[@lulamae12]

Wow I love her!! I love listening to her so much. :) She seems like she'd be amazing to work with

[@TheZodiacz]

she'd be like a huge stinking turd next to you

[@willpiatek2559]

Fantastic talk! Really mind blowing.makes you think

[@vonnickk]

This highkey brings me back to when I was six or seven and all I wanted to do was be an archaeologist!!!! This all seems surreal

[@theaminswey9733]

work with people from different culture are great experiences

[@jennybardoville5455]

Check out a place in London, called The British Museum. It's full of looted treasures.

[@jackhopper255]

I think it should be more appropriately called satellite-archaeology rather than space-archaeology.

[@Jonniz2000]

This was a great talk! I'm going to study archeology in just a year or so, so this was a great look into the reality of excavation sites and the looting.

[@Tardisntimbits]

My dearest wish since childhood has been to study to be an archaeologist. To do it, I would had to saddle myself with so much debt it probably wouldn't have been possible to even be one.

[@Ryesagain]

that's a beautiful engagement story

[@TheConceptarchitect]

wow! how many times its been that I've found curious things on Google Earth that have no detailed info about them and wondered if I could submit them to some archeological organization for investigation. This initiative is brilliant. I'm signing up.

[@Ryan-iz5pq]

10:45 My trypophobia is insane right now.

[@CafeDeDuy]

Brajany SAME! I want to look because she is giving me some serious knowledge right now and BUT UGH

[@contingenceBoston]

I noticed at "obsessing about cats" that I was preoccupied with my own cats. You know, like, if the avatar wasn't clue enough.

[@dirtysaint5324]

Here because she's calling everyone who disagrees with the need for Ancient Aliens to be canceled a racist and blocking them lmao

[@Gavriel-og6jv]

7:45 You can't tell me there is no evidence of the Israelites living there if only that little has been discovered.

[@nmarbletoe8210]

goood point

[@FreakingRandomName]

She is so exuberant! I listen to her and i'm reminded of Steve Irwin.

[@krishnakora]

whats the website?

[@RustyTube]

www.globalxplorer.org

[@Gavriel-og6jv]

Not even Indiana Jones could have put it in better terms; I love this woman.

[@knoesey8443]

Where do I join?

[@arthurdent6256]

I mean, sure, but what about those sites that contain venomous snakes and flesh eating bacteria?

[@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998]

We are bacteria eating people, a war we can fight

[@Unlucky-Dube]

username checksout

[@patricksanders858]

Arthur Dent, Dont Panic! Just spray a little garglebalster at them!

[@christinabartonart1072]

Such an amazing story :)

[@joaofernandes4769]

She proposed to him, and he, crying, accepted!

[@mohitshirke9625]

her pain is can't be measured

[@CodeLeeCarter]

I remember when you first started with using orbiting satellites, I think your first trail was in Egypt and at first it was a false positive result, Congratulations for perfecting this technology, you deserve it.

[@megalyssa]

People are brilliant.

[@wildandbarefoot]

The corruption is the problem. As the Robbing out is happening, it should be a matter of urgency to dig and catalogue asap.

[@willpiatek2559]

I think a lot about the native America who lived where I walk/drive/live in Phoenix Arizona area and how they dealt without AC and polar pops!

[@Hawaiian_Brian]

Is there a way to toppling your career? Like an American monument...

[@GlitchedPixelsMC]

Woohoo! good speech!

[@philipgray3570]

beautiful

[@QuantoFX]

what I if told you you read that wrong!

[@hb2086]

*What if eye you told

[@nedisahonkey]

Disillusioned Daughter *Eye no read it right.

[@Ryan-iz5pq]

Uncharted 5 game play trailer.

[@trendylyrix1219]

i can tell she loves archaeology so much by her boots. Love reflects on your clothes

[@RSpence777]

What a wonderful Idea! Then perhaps the hiding of the discovered information will go by the wayside too!

[@letrolltwo5625]

Making digging great again

[@juliakkristinsson]

What if those who are digging those "holes" and stealing archaeological remains will use this web to find more of them? :/ I really like the idea and would love to participate, but also after hearing about how much has been stolen the past years I'm a bit concerned about the project too.

[@TonyJack74]

julia kristin lol dumb

[@ModarAlmajeedy]

What is this?

[@vinhloibruh]

1. Name of the speaker? 2. What's her job? 3. What is amusing about her speech? 4. How old is the tool of the team? Where did they discover it? 5. What is the challenge? 6. What can be seen as funding terrorism? 7. Who to blame? 8. How to stop looting?

[@whakabuti]

Damn I wanted become an archaeologist, but gave it up because I thought all that had to be discovered was already discovered. How wrong am I?

[@jawk321]

I went to high school with Sarah, and I knew should would become successful!

[@rodovre]

I have some doubts. Modern version of grave robbers? Is stealing something old and putting in a fancy far away museum in London, Paris etc. not just an adorned form of grave robbery? When archaeologist start to dig, they also attract 'private competitors' who are there to steal for a quick buck, or to destroy out of religious fanaticism.

[@duckdumbsmartpplimnotbored5175]

Bastet would be proud.

[@LuxiBelle]

I always wanted to be an armchair archaeologist.

[@aweave24]

I'd love to ask her what she thinks is the readon the pyramids were built and what purpose they served.

[@jesse85]

People really haven't changed.

[@ali.demirtas]

bi şey farkettim. tüm ted konuşmacıları konuşmaya her zaman bi espiri ile başlıyor. sanırım seyircinin dikkatini çekmek için olsa gerek.

[@MrFreezook]

Very Strong , Touchy and true. I Love maps , I'm all in

[@TSimo113]

Ask her why she supports lawless destruction of public property

[@piotrskaba4903]

Do you mean her tweet?

[@thesegotoeleven3111]

Because she is a leftist hypocrite who supports anarchy.

[@danielherron5597]

IM EARLY THINK OF A JOKE QUICKKK People not using correct grammar

[@SuperBenette]

And they all lived happily ever after. to Mr Bakon

[@zaironjacobs]

18:03

[@theaminswey9733]

what a generous mentor, 2000 dollar checks

[@PolkovnicEagle8128]

Would you look at that? I just programmed an algorithm to search satellite images and match up each image to a location. Ain't that clever?

[@lukepensom1980]

it sounds like you discover a site and over people go and get the credit and money for you work.

[@good2btheking]

Yup, today its all about data mining. Getting to make money off of your creations. Nothing new, employers have made a killing from it for ages, now its just ramped up because the powerful have more power and mankind more complacent.

[@kriskollar2336]

less than 1/1000th and someone will destroy was doesn't fit to fit the model of our reality today. terribly sad. sorry I'm not strong enough to stop them...

[@Ryuuken24]

The real treasure is inside the biggest pyramid, Egyptian officials don't want to open the false wall.

[@AgiIeBeast]

You could tell me she's Amy Adams older sister and I'd probably believe you.

[@joeymcknight4014]

Civ 5 anyone?

[@ENZY20000]

seems gud

[@RedM1n1onX]

I find this heading a contradiction of terms 'Help discover ancient ruins...' yet you tell people that 'Atlantis is fake and cannot be found - unlike the clitoris' - Plato himself talks about this famous city, yet because YOU haven't found it yet you call it fake. I find this to be highly egotistical that you set yourself above the likes of Plato in discussing ancient truths (I'm pretty sure he was much closer to the truth than anyone in modern history). You also recently 'discovered' structures in the Rhicot Structure in the Sahara, yet Jimmy Corsetti already talked about these exact same findings 4 years ago... Atlantis maybe? It's the right shape and description - but then as you said, there has been zero evidence of any city being discovered that resembles Atlantis - erm... unless you discover it first? Maybe you should go and watch more of his videos and you may get to discover more ancient secrets in Egypt and surrounding lands. You should work for NASA - they discredit anything that is true until THEY discover it first or until they can no longer keep the secret hidden - deny, deny, deny... keep up the good work.

[@spanishinquisition5032]

Fus ro dah

[@armandorodriguez5553]

This is so inspiring for other trans people

[@thesegotoeleven3111]

LOL

[@justadjimmi6613]

This is a very sick, evil individual. Stop encouraging people to destroy this nation's history fool.

[@kf8286]

Why does Ted put this woman to talk? She is not a person of the real truth of history. 👎🏼

[@blackbird5634]

seeing that thumb-print in the pottery must have been amazing. a strong image from the past. But even if the Pyramids were built by humans, they sure weren't quarried with bronze and copper tools. They aren't tombs, or memorials to the dead. And they weren't built less than 12,000 years ago.

[@McBeards]

"something witty"

[@stshstsh07]

wow, this woman ages like wine

[@good2btheking]

"Sface Archaeologist!" what are those?

[@chrismartenable]

This woman is either a liar or she has been forced to lie, because its a fact that copper tools are far too soft to chisel rose granite, which is what the majority of the kings chamber and the coffer within it are made of. There are no chisel marks on the perfectly level surfaces. Perhaps she would also like to explain how the Egyptians who have been described as being nothing more than a farming community with no knowledge of the rope or wheel managed to quarry and transport massive blocks of stone some weighing over 70 tons all the way from Aswan which is 500 miles away from the pyramids.

[@emielr9488]

ssssame day , knowsss, twinsss

[@johneyon5257]

an emotional simple-minded person - glorying in HER accomplishments - reducing the middle-east turmoil into a lack of interaction - using her logic - no friendly man that she's worked with could be a murderer - despite the stories like "the sranger beside" (Ted Bundy) - she'd probably wonder why i would bring up a serial killer as analog to her generalizing statement about "hatred against those in the middle east" - my impression of her is that the logic would escape her

[@seriesv8]

What a weirdo

[@gypsypath1]

I guess trashy is the new classy.

[@daniiae.5581]

It's 8 minute of the video and I'm still thinking about proposing to the bf

[@mohamedaminebergaoui2642]

First comment maybe ?

[@hedrickallen7432]

Stop hiding the truth

[@marek-marcosvetevool1045]

whats wrong with looting..why you archeologists have to be so greedy to want all for youself

[@timd7]

Marek-Marcos Vetevool Are you stupid?

[@good2btheking]

Its not greed as much as it is control. They want to make sure that only the part of histroy they want to sell is is sold and not the parts they cannot answer. So they want to make sure that they get there before you do, otherwise they will have to change their rancid stories.

[@tossigetotte12]

no

[@gozu9455]

poneglyphs

[@QuantoFX]

first dislike!

[@Chidds]

Why?

[@duckdumbsmartpplimnotbored5175]

he just wants attention

[@QuantoFX]

nah, since I wasnt fast enaugh to be first comment or like i decided to be the first dislike

[@Jabez525]

She is blandly dramatic. Like a movie narrator or Carl Sagan.... THAT... is... our... shared... human... brilliance.

[@music00hombre]

efficient bureaucracy is an oxymoron

[@TonyJack74]

music00hombre No it's not

[@TonyJack74]

music00hombre Go learn about what we know about politics in ancient Egypt

[@music00hombre]

Warren Ayala and yet nothing gets done in modern bureaucracy

[@TonyJack74]

music00hombre​ Of course not.The politics of Greece,Rome,Egypt etc actually did good too.Their corruption was not anywhere near ours and every war fought was to further the empire,gain resources etc not profit off the death of every man fighting for you or just create wars just because like they do today

[@j50wells]

It's funny, but when you get a man doing good things, it's always, "Here's Josh, and he likes maple bars, and his best friend is his dog Yepper." But when a woman does good things its this, "She's amazing, a genius, a wizard, a pioneer. She's doing things no known person in the universe has ever done, carving out our future heritage, a goddess of our age."

[@seriesv8]

Honestly what utter nonsense.

[@j50wells]

@@seriesv8 I think you said that dis-honestly. It doesn't fit your narrative. People such as yourself will always ignore truths.