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“I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rat…” — Sarah Parcak
I think archaeologists are stuck, and we are losing our past at a very rapid rate. Tens of thousands of sites will be lost, and we've only unveiled a tiny percent of the past.
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