Near East
Vol. 63 / No. 3
Deinstalling a Gallery: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH A MUSEUM KEEPER
On November 19, 2022, the Penn Museum will unveil our newest gallery, replacing the Canaan and Ancient Israel Gallery installed […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: C. Brian Rose
Repairing Damage Inflicted by the Persians 2,500 Years Ago: Summer 2021 Architectural Conservation Work at Gordion, Turkey
Fieldwork at Gordion in 2021 focused on architectural conservation, object conservation, and research for a wide variety of manuscripts dealing […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 3
By: Sajjad Alibaigi, Alireza Moradi-Bisotuni and Nourollah Karimi
What Can a Door Socket Tell Us?: Intriguing Discoveries at Quwākh Tapeh
In 1992, the accidental discovery of a ceramic vessel at Quwākh Tapeh, a historical key site along the Silk Road […]
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Vol. 63 / No. 2
Artifact Perspective: Seeing Baghdad in Queen Puabi
Yaroub Al-Obaidi, Global Guide for the Middle East Galleries, drew inspiration from Queen Puabi’s burial headdress and jewelry to create […]
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Vol. 61 / No. 1
By: Andrew Williams
Survey in Vayots Dzor, Armenia: From the Field
A team from the University of Pennsylvania, headed by Dr. Peter J. Cobb, recently the Kowalski Family Teaching Specialist at […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 2
By: Jessica S. Johnson
Saving Iraq’s Cultural Heritage: Training Iraqi Conservators at Gordion, Turkey
Over the past four years, the Penn Museum’s Gordion Archaeological Project has hosted three Iraqi cultural heritage professionals during our […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 1
By: Jane Hickman
Making the Middle East Galleries: A Conversation with Julian Siggers, Dan Rahimi, and Steve Tinney
Julian Siggers, Ph.D., is Williams Director of the Penn Museum; Dan Rahimi is Executive Director of Galleries; Steve Tinney, Ph.D., […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 1
By: Richard L. Zettler and William B. Hafford
The Thrill of Discovery: Penn Museum Excavations in Iraq and Iran
England and France have done a noble work of exploration in Assyria and Babylonia. It is time for America to […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 1
By: Naomi F. Miller
Adaptation and Change: The Development of Agriculture in the Ancient Middle East
The geography of the Middle East provided both challenges and opportunities for the people who lived there. Most of the […]
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Vol. 60 / No. 1
By: Steve Tinney
The Uses of Writing: Inscribed Objects and Texts in the Middle East Galleries
Written texts and inscribed objects are an essential part of the stories told in the Middle East Galleries and feature […]
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