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<p><a href=”http://archaeology.tumblr.com/post/53300176242/dr-monica-hanna-an-egyptian-archaeologist” class=”tumblr_blog”>archaeology</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> <p>Dr. Monica Hanna, an Egyptian archaeologist, surveys the burial grounds in Abu Sir al Malaq. ‘You see dogs playing with human bones, children scavenging for pottery and painted sarcophagi. You also find very well mummified fragments. It is very macabre,’ Hanna says. Hanna is a leader in exposing the looting of Egyptian antiquities.</p> </blockquote> <div><em>She’s my archaeological hero & she should be yours, too.</em></div> <div> <blockquote> <p class=”News-body-text”>Hanna, 30, is a leader in exposing the antiquity-looting that has exploded since Egypt’s 2011 revolution. She appears on Egyptian television debating government officials, takes reporters to looted sites, and encourages Egyptians to protect their heritage.</p> <p class=”News-body-text”>To Nigel Hetherington, an archaeologist and co-founder of Past Preservers, which connects academia and media on archaeological issues, she is “amazing … a revolutionary in the true sense of the word.”</p> <p class=”News-body-text”>“She is out to get the bad guys and harness the feeling the Egyptians have of their own heritage, and turn it into actual force for good,” he said.</p> </blockquote> <div><br />Read more: <a href=”http://triblive.com/usworld/world/4198483-74/hanna-heritage-archaeological#ixzz2WbJgz0Sp”></a><a href=”http://triblive.com/usworld/world/4198483-74/hanna-heritage-archaeological#ixzz2WbJgz0Sp”>http://triblive.com/usworld/world/4198483-74/hanna-heritage-archaeological#ixzz2WbJgz0Sp</a> <br /><br /></div> </div> <div></div></blockquote> <p></p>

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