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How do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded, wearing baseball mitts.

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What we did is we used NASA topography data to map out the landscape, very subtle changes. We started to be able to see where the Nile used to flow.

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I am one of many people documenting damage and looting at ancient sites from space - it is such a crucial tool.

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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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We can tell from the imagery a tomb was looted from a particular period of time, and we can alert INTERPOL to watch out for antiquities from that time that may be offered for sale.

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It's an important tool to focus where we're excavating. It gives us a much bigger perspective on archaeological sites. We have to think bigger, and that's what the satellites allow us to do.

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Indiana Jones is old school; we've moved on from Indy. Sorry, Harrison Ford.

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I am honored to receive the TED Prize, but it's not about me; it's about our field - and the thousands of men and women around the world, particularly in the Middle East, who are defending and protecting sites.

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We emphasise the features on satellite maps by adding colours to farmland, urban structures, archaeological sites, vegetation and water.

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The map we made of the 3,000-year-old city of Tanis requires no imagination. It has buildings, streets, admin complexes, houses - clear as day.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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