Ideas change everything

Armchair archaeologist

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Sarah Parcak |

Torchbearers

• April 2018

Sarah Parcak hoped the power of the crowd could help accelerate archaeological discovery. See how 90-year-old Doris Mae Jones heard her call -- and jumped in to search more than 50,000 tiles in Expedition Peru. With cat assistants.

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Sarah Parcak hoped the power of the crowd could help accelerate archaeological discovery. See how 90-year-old Doris Mae Jones heard her call -- and jumped in to search more than 50,000 tiles in Expedition Peru. With cat assistants.

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About the speaker

Satellite archaeologist + TED Prize winner

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Like a modern-day Indiana Jones, Sarah Parcak uses satellite images to locate lost ancient sites. The winner of the 2016 TED Prize, her wish is to protect the world’s shared cultural heritage.

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Great Big Story + TED

Torchbearers: Ideas in Action

Hearing a big idea is like reading a great book — it stays with you. In this series, watch the stories of people whose lives have been changed by the idea in a TED Talk. A collaboration between Great Big Story and TED, this series reveals the incredible things that happen when someone unveils an idea so inspiring it moves others to act.

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