Expedition Magazine

Vol. 58 / No. 2

By: Paul Mitchell

Tangled Afterlives: How an Egyptian Papyrus Became the Mormon Book of Abraham

After 2,000 years of repose, 11 mummified human corpses and a few scrolls of papyrus entombed at Thebes became entangled […]

Vol. 58 / No. 1

By: Kristen Pearson

Mancala has been popular in the United States since a commercialized version was intro- duced in the 1940s under the […]

Vol. 57 / No. 3

Museum Objects Travel the World The Penn Museum has an active loans program, sending objects from the collection to museums […]

Vol. 57 / No. 1

By: Dwaune Latimer

Arican exhibits at world’s fairs— including both native peoples and the objects of their daily life— provided American and European […]

Vol. 56 / No. 3

The Penn Museum’s curators, staff, and consulting scholars conduct research around the world. Read on for a small sampling of […]

Vol. 56 / No. 2

By: Jennifer Chiappardi

On a recent trip to Kenya, Dr. Kathleen Ryan of the Penn Museum, along with Paul Mitchell, Louise Hansen, and […]

Vol. 55 / No. 2

Propaganda has long been used to mobilize people in times of war. Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the […]

Vol. 55 / No. 2

Around the World Every year, the Penn Museum’s curators and staff conduct research around the world. Read on for a […]

Vol. 55 / No. 2

By: Tukufu Zuberi

Military posters are designed to be highly visible in public spaces. They become iconic images for those who remember wars […]

Vol. 54 / No. 3

By: Alessandro Pezzati

Natural history specimens collected by Arthur Donaldson Smith were on display in 1898 in the University Library, now the Fine […]