Antichistica 29 | Archeologia 6 e-ISSN 2610-9344 | ISSN 2610-8828 ISBN [ebook] 978-88-6969-517-9 | ISBN [print] 978-88-6969-518-6 Peer review | Open access 157 Submitted 2021-01-18 | Accepted 2021-03-05 | Published 2021-03-31 © 2021 | cb Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution alone DOI 10.30687/978-88-6969-517-9/007 Stolen Heritage Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Illicit Traficking of Cultural Heritage in the EU and the MENA Region edited by Arianna Traviglia, Lucio Milano, Cristina Tonghini, Riccardo Giovanelli Satellite Technologies for Monitoring Archaeological Sites at Risk Deodato Tapete Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Francesca Cigna Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Abstract Satellite technologies are increasingly used to track looting in remote and in- accessible archaeological sites and assess damage to heritage. Evidence gathered in our study proves a growing user uptake of these technologies, beyond the specialist remote sensing community, but also that a more synergistic use of optical and radar data is re- quired. The advantages of such an approach to satellite monitoring are demonstrated on Apamea, Syria. Current limitations and future perspectives are outlined, as an entry point to a comprehensive review published by the authors in the referenced journal article, that the readers are encouraged to refer to for a more in-depth and specialist discussion. Keywords Looting. Archaeological remote sensing. Satellites. Change detection. Fea- ture extraction. Pattern recognition. Google Earth. Synthetic Aperture Radar. Sentinel-2. COSMO-SkyMed. Summary 1 Introduction. – 2 State of the Art and User Uptake. – 3 Synergy Between Optical and Radar Satellite Technologies. – 4 Multi-temporal and Multi-sensor Monitoring at Apamea, Syria. – 5 Limitations and Future Perspectives.