Sarah Parcak: prediction

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…Why say “definitely”? Look, the Pacific is big, right? The Atlantic seems like a hop, skip, and a jump. Why couldn’t they have made it to Mexico? [laughs] Who knows? Who knows? There’s not been nothing found. For example, I’ve dipped my toe in the Viking world, and I certainly think over time, we are going to find more evidence for the Vikings, certainly. I think they made it down to New England. I don’t think that’s too implausible. They weren’t that far away in Newfoundland. Also, we have evidence of a Viking coin that was found at a site in Maine. Did it mean that the Vikings made it to Maine? Could it have been long-distance trade? Who knows? I certainly think they would have explored. Yes, the Phoenicians, certainly very well known for sailing around the Mediterranean, but how far they actually got — that just depends on the archaeological data. The chance of significant new copies of manuscripts being unearthed — what kinds of things might we be likely to find in the next 20 years?…

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