Archaeological Looting in Egypt
A Geospatial View (Case Studies from Saqqara, Lisht, and el Hibeh)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587616 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Parcak (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 196-203 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5615/neareastarch.78.3.0196 |
| OpenAlex | W2752862416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 5 |
While many news reports exist about archaeological site looting in Egypt following its January 2011 Revolution, no one had yet examined the issue of how looting patterns changed over time across the country or at distinct archaeological sites. This study uses rapidly tasked high resolution satellite images from 2009-2013 to assess looting at three important regions: The pyramid fields (from Abusir to Dashur), el Hibeh, and Lisht. We mapped looting pits and their areas to assess overall change in looting patterns, and noted an increase of over 500% over the three year time period. While open source tools like Google Earth are useful for longer term looting mapping projects, we suggest that rapidly tasked commercial satellite imagery can provide near real-time looting evaluation of sites. Ground truthing visits are described here, as well as potential solutions via collaborative programs in partnership with Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities
Archaeology · Art · Cartography · Christian ministry · Geography · Geospatial analysis · Looting · Period (music · Political science · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Satellite imagery-based monitoring of archaeological site damage in the Syrian civil war
Archaeology and Dams in Southeastern Turkey
A Risk Assessment for Cultural Heritage in Southern Iraq
Cultural Heritage Loss Through Archaeological Looting
Drowned Landscapes
Interferometric SAR and Machine Learning
Monitoring cultural landscapes from space
New enigmatic geoglyphs in the Indian Thar Desert
Reimag(in)ing the Past
A multi‐temporal satellite‐based risk analysis of archaeological sites in Qazvin plain (Iran)
Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones
Archaeology and Dams in Southeastern Turkey
High-resolution remote sensing and advanced classification techniques for the prospection of archaeological sites’ markers
From the Bottom Up
Learning patterns of tourist movement and photography from geotagged photos at archaeological heritage sites in Cuzco, Peru
Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tūwāneh (Southern Jordan)
Databases, Drones, Diggers, and Diplomacy
Big Data in Maritime Archaeology
The (W)Hole Picture
Fostering Collaborative Synthetic Research in Archaeology
The Past Polluted
What Has Happened to Egyptian Heritage after the 2011 Unfinished Revolution
Satellite-Based Monitoring of Looting and Damage to Archaeological Sites in Syria
Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis
The Utility of Publicly-Available Satellite Imagery for Investigating Looting of Archaeological Sites in Jordan
Patterns of looting in southern Iraq
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |