Vol. 65 / No. 2
By: Quinn Russell Brown
Making Memories in a Museum: From the Editor
BEFORE MY WIFE AND I RELOCATED to Philadelphia in the summer of 2021, we followed in the footsteps of many […]
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By: Christopher Woods
A Season of Insight: From the Williams Director
Dear Friends, Though the summer may be a quiet period for many within the academy, most of you know that […]
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By: Marie-Claude Boileau and Vaughn Ortner
Hopeful Science in Bleak Times: The Legacy of the WPA Laboratories During the Great Depression
During the 1930s, millions of Americans struggled to sustain themselves economically due to the manifold challenges of the Great Depression. […]
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By: Quinn Russell Brown
From the Editor: New Word, Ancient World
When I became the editor of Expedition in April 2023, I spent a few days thumbing through decades of back […]
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By: Christopher Woods
From the Williams Director: Research and Reflection
Dear Friends, Our last issue of Expedition was a grand celebration of our new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery: an immersive, innovative […]
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Greetings from Lagash
Reopening a dig site in southern Iraq after a 30-year hiatus, Penn Museum researchers made two stunning discoveries in the […]
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By: Holly Pittman
Back to Lagash
After a three-decade hiatus, the Penn Museum reopened a seminal dig site in southern Iraq. Cities first appeared, the Bible […]
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By: David Mulder
It’s Five O’Clock, Sumer
What does it take to reconstruct a bustling metropolis from 5,000 years ago? A great deal of fieldwork, collaboration, and […]
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By: Reed Goodman
A New Story of Sumer’s First Cities
A large expanse of Iraq’s central floodplain, once thriving with life, now lies abandoned beyond the reach of modern agriculture. […]
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By: Zaid Alrawi
Partners in Search of the Past
Since the 1980s, archaeological work in southern Mesopotamia has been challenged by waves of political instability, economic sanctions, and armed […]
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