Sarah Parcak

Sarah Helen Parcak (born 1978) is an American archaeologist and Egyptologist who has used satellite imagery to identify potential archaeological sites in Egypt, Rome, and elsewhere in the former Roman Empire. She is a professor of anthropology and director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In partnership with her husband, Greg Mumford, she directs survey and excavation projects in the Faiyum and in Egypt's East Delta.