How one archaeologist is preserving Egypt’s cultural heritage

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My name is Dr. Monica Hanna

I am a mother, archaeologist and a scholar,

and I use Google to help preserve Egypt's heritage.

Egyptians are interested in their past,

but research about Egyptian heritage

has mainly been done in the west.

95 percent of students

have never been to a temple before.

And if we do not connect

the people of the present with their past

this past will not live.

I remember when I was a student

sometimes books were not in Egypt at all.

But now Google has made

all the references available

at the tip of our hands.

Something that used to take three months

takes now three seconds or three minutes.

My students can visit

places that they can't access.

And we can look at

potential archaeological sites

You can see the borders,

you can see the places,

even if it's under the sand.

So we do space archaeology.

Technology today can help us

save our heritage

through documentation, through accessibility,

through virtual visits.

And I think this will get people more connected.

If we can give people access

we have a better chance

at preserving this heritage

for the future generations.