Monica Hanna Explained

Monica Hanna is an Egyptologist. She is Dean at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport.^[1] In 2014, she was awarded the SAFE Beacon Award.^[2]

Life

She graduated from the American University in Cairo,^[3] and from the University of Pisa.^[4]

She has organized the Egyptian Heritage Task Force. She opposed the movement of sphinxes to Tahrir Square.^{[5] [6]}

Works

• Hanna, Monica, 2015. "Documenting Looting Activities in Post-2011 Egypt." Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods: The Global Challenge of Protecting the World’s Heritage. Paris: ICOM, pp. 47–63.
• Monica Hanna, “What Has Happened to Egyptian Heritage after the 2011 Unfinished Revolution?,” Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 1, no. 4 (2013): 371–75
• Katherine Blouin, Monica Hanna and Sarah E. Bond, How Academics, Egyptologists, and Even Melania Trump Benefit From Colonialist Cosplay, Hyperallergic, October 22, 2020
• Monica Hanna (2023), "Contesting the Lonely Queen" International Journal of Cultural Property no. 1

External links

• 4 Leading Egyptologists Share the Secrets of Their Field — Google Arts & Culture
• BBC World Service - Outlook, Saving Egypt's Treasures, 7 May 2014

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monica Hanna. 2021-04-03. Hyperallergic. en-US.
2. Web site: 2013-12-15. Saving Heritage. 2021-04-03. EgyptToday.
3. Web site: Alumna Monica Hanna Internationally Awarded for Saving Antiquities The American University in Cairo. 2021-04-03. www.aucegypt.edu.
4. Web site: Egyptian archaeologists rely on technology to preserve past. 2021-04-03. Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East. en.
5. Web site: 2020-05-07. Egyptologists attack transfer of sphinxes to Tahrir Square. 2021-04-03. the Guardian. en.
6. Web site: Relocation of Egyptian Sphinxes Exposes Them to Potential Environmental Damage, Experts Fear The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel weather.com. 2021-04-03. The Weather Channel. en-US.