Europe / Mediterranean
Vol. 64 / No. 1
By: Jessica Byler and Jessica Byler
Conserving the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates Artifacts
In the Conservation Lab, we are working on objects for the new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opening this coming November. The […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: Chantel White
Investigating Roman Foods at Lechaion Harbor, Greece: The Humble Recipes of Ancient Dockworkers
Historical Recipes For someone fascinated by food history, what could be better than tasting an ancient recipe? Food engages all […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: Jason T. Herrmann and Jackson Clark
Mapping the Urban Plan of Ancient Motya: Summer 2021 Geophysical Survey at Isola San Pantaleo, Sicily
When university travel restrictions were lifted and international borders reopened in May, we traveled to Isola San Pantaleo, a small […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: Patrice Foutakis
Underwater Archaeological Treasures in Modon Bay
The Bay of Modon (the name given by the Venetians to the town of Methoni, Messenia, in Greece) connects three […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 2
By: Charles K. Williams, II
Surprise and Luck in a Roman Fresco Project
ARCHAEOLOGY always has a certain element of surprise and luck connected to it, for it is unpredictable to divine what […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 2
By: David Hernandez and Richard Hodges
Kalivo: The Vaunting Ambition of King Pyrrhus at Butrint
Kalivo The Vaunting Ambition of King Pyrrhus at Butrint [authors] THE MAJESTIC, fortified hilltop site of Kalivo is always overshadowed […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Jean Macintosh Turfa
Fragments of Carthage Rediscovered: Discoveries From Our Museum Storerooms
Fragments of Carthage Rediscovered Discoveries From Our Museum Storerooms [authors] The objects in the Penn Museum store rooms—many collected more […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Stephen Lang
Identifying an Ancient Script
One of the ongoing projects in the Asian Section is an attempt to identify, transcribe, and translate any text found […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 1
Scale Armor from Gordion: Discoveries from the Field
THE PENN MUSEUM’S longest-running excavation began in 1950 at Gordion in central Turkey. The project is now under the leadership […]
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Vol. 61 / No. 1
By: Jean Macintosh Turfa
A Comet Shall Shine Forth: A Bronze Belt From an Etruscan Tomb
A depiction of a comet may have been discovered on an artifact in the Museum’s Etruscan collection. This rare narrative […]
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