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Cavalcade of Fibers

Credits Written by Irv Tunick Read by Bob Graham On screen: Kenneth Matthews Director of Educat...

Rombex 90-second Commercial for the University of Pennsylvania Museum

Television Commercial produced by Rombex (now Du Art Video).

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Nepal 1957 Reel 2 of 44

Reel 2 of 44 Unedited travelogue Katmandu region Cat. Reel 106 1957: Reel 2: Nepal. February 16...

The Queen of Sheba in History and Legend

Best known from the Bible's account of her marriage to the wise king Solomon, the Queen of Sheba has...

The Golden Age of King Midas

Midas was indisputably the most famous ruler of the Phrygian kingdom in central Turkey, and his Gold...

Hero Twins of the Americas: Myths of Origin, Duality, and Vengeance

Myths concerning the “hero twins” are widespread from Canada to South America. In the archetypal...

The Golden Age of King Midas | Gallery Installation Time Lapse

Exclusive World Premiere Exhibition | February 13 through November 27, 2016 The historical King M...

Great Myths and Legends:The Piltdown Fossil Forgery and the Search for the “First Englishman”

In the early 20th century, hominid fossils were unearthed all over the mainland continent of Europe�...

Cigna [PSA for Penn Museum] (1983)

Museum staff are seen in the Archives and among the Near East collections doing research. Jeffrey Ra...

Ancient Nubia, Egypt’s Rival in Africa (1992)

Credits: Produced by Penn Museum, Penn Museum Education Department, and Annenberg TV. Narrated by Da...

"Abby at the Museum" (Cats)

At the exhibit Man and Animals, Abby the cat checks out the animals on display after closing....

Great Myths and Legends: Genghis Khan: Barbarian Conqueror or Harbinger of Democracy

Dr. Morris Rossabi, Senior Research Scholar, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columb...

The 100th Anniversary of the Harrison Rotunda at the Penn Museum

One of the grandest domes in the country, the Penn Museum’s Harrison rotunda, completed in 1915 an...

Great Myths and Legends: Adapa the Sage: Flood, Myth and Magic in early Mesopotamia

Thousands of years ago, scholar-priests in ancient Sumer told a tale about a man who lived long befo...

Great Myths and Legends: Imhotep: From Architect to Deity to Villain

The historical figure Imhotep designed the remarkable Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara built during t...

Plant Management at Gordion: Maintaining the Vegetative Soft Cap on Treated Walls

Dr. Naomi Miller describes the process of soft vegetative roof capping at Gordion in Turkey during t...

Rent the Penn Museum

Designed in the 1890s, this beautiful historic building located on the University of Pennsylvania’...

Great Wonders: The Great Walls of China

The Great Wall is most familiar to us as the massive masonry fortifications snaking dramatically ove...

Great Wonders: Chichen Itza: An Alien City in the Maya Lowlands

Lecture given by Dr. Simon Martin, Associate Curator and Keeper of Collections, American Section. Ev...

Beneath the Skin: The Skeleton Within

Mortuary practice, body position, and objects associated with the skeleton in the grave—all can gi...

Great Wonders: The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and its Successors

Each of the "wonders" in the ancient world was intended to symbolize the builder's political and eco...

New Discoveries in Ancient Rome and the Roman World

Dr. C. Brian Rose celebrates the birthday of Rome with New Discoveries in Ancient Rome and the Roman...

Great Wonders: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, in southern Greece, was counted as one of the Seven Wonders of the An...

Revealing the City of King Midas: Archaeology and Conservation at Gordion

Located about 100 kilometers southwest of Ankara, Turkey, Gordion was continually inhabited for near...

Reinterpreting an Old Dig: Sitio Conte and the Penn Museum

Unlike many other museums, many collections at the Penn Museum were obtained through scientific exca...

Great Wonders: The Lighthouse at Alexandria: The Pharos in the land of the Pharaoh

Lecture given by Jennifer Houser Wegner, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Egyptian Section. Founded by Alex...

A Minute with Georgia Athanasopulos

Take a moment with Georgia Athanasopulos, Consul General of Panama in Philadelphia, as she invites f...

Beneath the Surface: Gallery Installation/Time Lapse

One month. 8,000 still images. 2 1/2 minutes. Watch as the exhibition team installs Beneath the Su...

Great Wonders: Searching for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Grant Frame, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Babylonian Section. The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (60...

Great Wonders: The Monumental Geoglyphs of Amazonia

Traditionally, the archaeologists have the vast Amazon region of South America to be a cultural back...