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Jul 2024
52m 22s

Space Archaeology with Sarah Parcak

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
About this episode

Who really built the pyramids? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about space archaeology, LIDAR, and discovering tombs, pyramids, and new Nazca lines with space archaeologist Sarah Parcak. 

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Thanks to our Patrons Bo Cribbs, Anna Wheatley, Fred Gibson, David Griffith, Micheal Richards, Advynturer, Vici Bradsher, Terry Migliorino, Lingji Chen, and Audrey Lynch for supporting us this week.

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