Dr. Monica Hanna is an international figure in the world of Archaeology. She studied Egyptology and Archaeological Chemistry at the American University of Cairo (AUC) in 2004. Hanna then pursued an MA at AUC as well. She later joined the University of Pisa, Italy, to complete her doctorate in archaeology entitled ‘Problems of Preservation of Mural Paintings in the Theban Necropolis: A Pilot Study on the Theban Tomb 14 using 3D Scanning Techniques’. From July 2011 until November 2012, Monica was a post-doctoral fellow in the Topoi Cluster of Excellence in the Department of Egyptology and North African Studies at Humboldt University. Currently, Hanna is an associate professor and the acting dean of the College of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) in Aswan, Egypt, where she has founded a program specialised in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage with eight departments for the BA level. Her research focuses on space, knowledge, and identity of archaeological sites, with particular interest in different meanings and reflections of heritage on the identity of space and communities. She has worked on a project in al-Qurna, Luxor, on the different narratives of the multiple worlds of the Theban Necropolis and its meanings to the various stakeholders. After 2011, Hanna has been working with the media and a group of volunteers to bring awareness to the plight of various archaeological sites in Egypt, especially Dahshur, Abu Sir el-Maleq, and Ancient Heliopolis. She courageously spoke and defended the heritage of Egypt and its protection. Hanna has been granted numerous awards, including the SAFE Beacon Award for 2014, for her efforts in salvaging antiquities under conflict and was named by UNESCO the Monuments Woman of 2014. She has also received ‘Distinguished AUC Alumna’ two times, once in Cairo in 2014 and the other in New York in 2015. Her current research focuses on decolonising archaeology, repatriation, and restitution amongst methods for accessibility to archaeology and heritage for the wider public, with a particular interest in digital humanities. In 2020, she was chosen from the 50 most influential women in Egypt under the auspices of the Egyptian Prime Minister. In 2020, she was awarded a research grant as part of Action for Restitution in Africa in collaboration with the University of Oxford. She is working on starting a solid discourse of decolonising Western Museum collections. In 2022, she and her research team launched the first public movement to repatriate the Rosetta Stone: https://www.repatriaterashid.org and http://www.nefertitibackhome.org .