Sarah Parcak: Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites
Sarah Parcak: În căutarea civilizațiilor pierdute din Peru -- cu ajutorul sateliților
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. Full bio
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set out from his rainforest camp
de 35 de ani a plecat cu echipa sa
pe un povârniș abrupt
the dense rainforest foliage
al pădurii tropicale
maze of structures
de structuri împletite,
by National Geographic,
finanțat de National Geographic
of its magazine in 1912.
în 1912.
photography equipment
de fotografiere de ultimă generație
pentru totdeauna.
on an incredible journey with me,
alături de mine,
în vârstă de 37 de ani.
than use state-of-the-art technology
more open, inclusive,
mai deschisă, mai inclusivă,
not previously possible.
the 2016 TED Prize platform
Hiram Bingham's impossible dream
al lui Hiram Bingham
of human figures.
cu figurine umane.
with some incredible organizations,
cu niște organizații incredibile,
the world's largest provider
cel mai mare furnizor mondial
commercial satellite imagery.
de înaltă rezoluție prin satelit.
pe care o au.
platform they have.
and search for the airplane.
și la căutarea epavei.
with the satellite imagery.
imaginile din satelit.
with education and of course exploration.
cu pregătirea și, bineînțeles, explorarea.
with rich content for the platform,
un conținut bogat pentru platformă,
like you saw at the beginning of this talk
cum ați văzut la începutul prezentării
lor documentare.
și să planificăm platforma,
to build and plan the platform,
at some of the satellite imagery.
unele imagini din satelit.
is 0.3-meter data.
sunt date de 0.3-metru.
in northern Peru.
în nordul Peruului.
but let's zoom in.
dar haideți să mărim imaginea.
that you all will get to see.
pe care le veți vedea.
individual buildings.
clădiri individuale.
to find previously unknown sites.
locuri necunoscute până acum.
is that as part of the platform,
fiind parte a platformei,
thousands of previously unknown sites,
a mii de locuri necunoscute,
to uncover large-scale looting at sites,
jafuri la scară mare în aceste locuri,
sunt amenințate,
is that all of this data
că toate aceste date
with archaeologists on the front lines
din linia întâi
meeting with their Minister of Culture
și m-am întâlnit cu Ministrul Culturii
in both English and Spanish,
Latin America can participate.
și din America Centrală pot participa.
is the gentleman you see here,
principal e domnul de aici,
and former vice-minister,
și fost viceministru,
and share the data with archaeologists
și să comunicăm datele arheologilor,
aceste situri la sol.
these sites on the ground.
drone mapping program,
de cartografiere cu drone,
you can see behind me here and here.
în spatele meu.
în platformă și el ne va ajuta
into the platform,
some of the new sites you help find.
pe care ne ajutați să le găsim.
with education, outreach,
Preservation Initiative,
poorest communities
comunități din lume
most well-known archaeological sites.
situri arheologice din lume.
and business training.
și formare în afaceri.
to create beautiful handicrafts
obiecte de artizanat frumoase
to treasure their cultural heritage
să-și prețuiască patrimoniul cultural
with 24 of these women
cu aceste 24 de femei
called Pachacamac, just outside Lima.
numit Pachacamac, lângă Lima.
will help us transform communities
ne va ajuta să transformăm comunitățile
pe care ne ajutați să le găsim.
that you help to discover.
this platform to the world,
în toată lumea,
thousands of emails
professors, educators, students,
profesori, educatori, studenți
who are so excited to help participate.
care sunt atât de entuziasmați să ajute.
amazing places for us to help discover,
unele locuri uimitoare,
to be looking for Atlantis,
to launch this platform.
să lansăm această platformă.
by the end of the year.
până la sfârșitul anului.
in the past few weeks are any indication,
în ultimele săptămâni este un indiciu,
is just going to be beyond imagination.
va întrece orice imaginație.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Parcak - Satellite archaeologist + TED Prize winnerLike 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.
Why you should listen
There may be hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of undiscovered ancient sites across the globe. Sarah Parcak wants to locate them. As a space archaeologist, she analyzes high-resolution imagery collected by satellites in order to identify subtle changes to the Earth’s surface that might signal man-made features hidden from view. A TED Senior Fellow and a National Geographic Explorer, Parcak wrote the textbook on satellite archaeology and founded the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her goal: to make the world's invisible history visible once again.
In Egypt, Parcak's techniques have helped locate 17 potential pyramids, and more than 3,100 potential forgotten settlements. She's also made discoveries in the Viking world (as seen in the PBS Nova special, Vikings Unearthed) and across the Roman Empire (as shown in the BBC documentary, Rome’s Lost Empire). Her methods also offer a new way to understand how ancient sites are being affected by looting and urban development. By satellite-mapping Egypt and comparing sites over time, Parcak has noted a 1,000 percent increase in looting since 2009. It’s likely that millions of dollars worth of artifacts are stolen each year. Parcak hopes that, through her work, unknown sites can be protected to preserve our rich, vibrant history.
As the winner of the 2016 TED Prize, Parcak asked the world to help in this important work. By building a citizen science platform for archaeology, GlobalXplorer.org, Parcak invites anyone with an internet connection to help find the next potential looting pit or unknown tomb. GlobalXplorer launched on January 30, 2017, with volunteers working together to map Peru. Other countries will follow, as the platform democratizes discovery and makes satellite-mapping rapid and cost-effective.
Sarah Parcak | Speaker | TED.com