I am a mother, archaeologist and a scholar,

我是母親、考古學家和學者

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

我使用 Google 來保護埃及的歷史遺產

Egyptians are interested in their past,

埃及人對自己的過去很感興趣

but research about Egyptian heritage

但埃及歷史的相關研究

has mainly been done in the west.

多半都是西方國家在做

95 percent of students

95% 的學生

have never been to a temple before.

從來都沒有去過神廟

And if we do not connect

如果我們不能將人們

the people of the present with their past

與他們的過去連結起來

this past will not live.

歷史就無法亙古流傳

I remember when I was a student

我記得求學時

sometimes books were not in Egypt at all.

有些參考書籍埃及根本沒有

But now Google has made

但如今 Google

all the references available

讓所有參考資料

at the tip of our hands.

盡在我們的指尖

Something that used to take three months

過去需要三個月才能完成的事

takes now three seconds or three minutes.

現在只要三秒鐘或三分鐘就能搞定

My students can visit

我的學生可以造訪

places that they can't access.

他們無法前往的地方

And we can look at

我們可以從太空中

potential archaeological sites

觀看那些

from space.

潛在的考古遺址

You can see the borders,

你可以看到邊界

you can see the places,

你可以看到許多地方

even if it's under the sand.

即使它們被砂土掩埋

So we do space archaeology.

因此我們可以進行太空考古

Technology today can help us

現今的科技讓我們有能力

save our heritage

保存我們的歷史遺產

through documentation, through accessibility,

透過文件、透過更好的連結

through virtual visits.

透過虛擬造訪

And I think this will get people more connected.

我認為這可以促進人與人的交流

If we can give people access

如果大家都能輕鬆取用知識

we have a better chance

就能更好地

at preserving this heritage

為未來的世世代代

for the future generations.

妥善保存這些歷史遺產