BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 20, 2020
Over the course of a nearly 20-year career, Sarah Parcak has dug at sites throughout Egypt, used the most cutting-edge technology out there to revolutionize the way archaeology is done, received a TED Prize and been named a National Geographic fellow. Before she was Dr. Parcak, however, she was a kid from Bangor, Maine, learning about science and technology from her grandfather, who was a forestry professor at UMaine. “My brother and I also spent many hours walking through the woods with him, and he gave me such a great appreciation for the natural world, and being outside exploring.”