“When I first embarked on my career in documenting Egyptian antiquities to preserve them and allow their study throughout the ages, this was not easy,” said Monica Hanna, an Egyptian archaeologist and founding dean of the College of Archaeology of Cultural Heritage at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport. 

Hanna was able to use modern technology to help her perform her duties to preserve and document Egyptian heritage. She now resorts to various Google tools and uses them in her work as an Egyptian archaeologist. Internet company Google was inspired by Hanna and asked her to share her experience in video footage that would promote Egyptian heritage, attract visitors from all over the world and bridge the gap between the new generation and the country’s cultural history.

Hanna registered the Egyptian heritage through the Google Scholar platform, which is one of the most important engines of academic scientific research, as it specializes in scientific and academic literature needed by researchers, including professors, teachers and students. The tool also provides abundant material from research and approved scientific messages, scientific journals, books, summaries and articles issued by academic publishers, international universities, specialized organizations and other scientific research institutions.

On the debut of her career, Hanna told Al-Monitor, “I found it difficult to obtain some academic information or even share it, not to mention the difficulty of finding archaeological sites with traditional paper maps. I had to reach archaeological excavation sites in the middle of the desert relying on a paper map that I specifically acquired from the [General] Survey Authority, and without the help of satellite images. Sometimes I had no evidence to prove the existence of the site I was searching for.”