We want to excite the world about what's out there. But we don't want them to say, 'Oh, there are lots of sites in Egypt - let's loot.'
To excavate a pyramid is the dream of every archaeologist.
There's always a little jump to your heart when you realize you've got looting.
That's what I want to do, ultimately figure out a way to get the world engaged with discovery and protecting these ancient sites.
Satellite imagery is the only way we can map the looting patterns effectively.
People were looting tombs 5,000 years ago in Egypt as soon as people were buried, but the problem is only getting worse and worse.
It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.
Indiana Jones is old school; we've moved on from Indy. Sorry, Harrison Ford.
I've always loved teaching and reading and talking to people, and my grandfather was a professor.
I'm an Egyptologist. I'm a remote sensing specialist, and I'm a space archaeologist.
I played varsity soccer at Yale and continued playing at Cambridge.
I keep being surprised by the amount of archaeological sites and features that are left to find all over the world.
I dig in the sand, and I play with pretty pictures, so I never really left kindergarten.
I am one of many people documenting damage and looting at ancient sites from space - it is such a crucial tool.
I already find pyramids from space. Is there anything cooler than that?
Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A satellite image is worth a million dollars.
