Mesoamerica
Vol. 64 / No. 2
By: Eric Hobson
Archaeology Takes Wing: The Penn Museum’s 1930 Aerial Expedition to the Yucatan
In October 1929, fifty-year old Philadelphia banker and lawyer Percy C. Madeira, Jr., tracked with great interest Charles A. Lindbergh’s […]
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Vol. 64 / No. 1
Rotating Displays: Deer Dancer and African Textiles
The 2013 Native American Voices exhibition includes many of the most spectacular textiles in the Penn Museum’s North American collections. […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Marshall Joseph Becker
Understanding the Ancient Maya: Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal
Understanding the Ancient Maya Contributions of the Penn Museum’s Excavations at Tikal [authors color=”white”] Over the years, Expedition has provided […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 1
By: Lucy Fowler Williams and Fernando Madrid
Tikal—Oasis in Time and War
Tikal—Oasis in Time and War [authors] Fernando Madrid was born 20 miles from Tikal in El Remat Village at the […]
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Vol. 62 / No. 1
By: Allan Meyers and Megan Adams
Contours of Inequality: Landscapes of Colonial Slavery on a Bahama Island
Contours of Inequality Landscapes of Colonial Slavery on a Bahama Island [authors] TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF—the rise and fall of the land—may […]
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Vol. 61 / No. 2
By: Simon Martin
Divinity and Power in the Ancient Americas: The Reimagine Mexico and Central America Gallery
November 2019 marks the opening of the transformed Mexico and Central America Gallery. The new space displays some of the […]
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Vol. 61 / No. 2
By: Lucy Fowler Williams
A Continuous Thread: Subversion and Solidarity in Maya Cloth
FOR 1,500 YEARS, MAYA WOMEN HAVE WOVEN cotton garments with designs that depict the Maya cosmos and supernatural beings that […]
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Vol. 61 / No. 1
Gallery Sneak Peak
Africa Galleries They are often called “gold weights,” but they are actually made of brass, cast using the lost wax […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 1
By: Julian Siggers
Telling the Human Story: From the Director
Dear Friends, This issue of Expedition celebrates the opening of the Penn Museum’s new Middle East Galleries. These Galleries trace […]
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Vol. 59 / No. 2
By: Joanne Baron
The Mystery Queen of La Florida-Namaan
During the 2016 field season at La Florida, a fascinating discovery was made. A large stela with the carved image […]
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