Volume 4 / Number 3
1962
On The Cover: On the maps of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres are noted the names of those countries where the University Museum has done field work during the past seventy-five years.
Vol. 4 / No. 3
Apache Playing Cards
Hernando Cortes, through the soldier adventurers who accompanied him, is probably responsible for first introducing playing cards as a form […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 3
By: Ljubica D. Popovich
A Byzantine Cameo
One of the most important glyptic collections in the United States is the Maxwell Sommerville Collection at the University Museum. […]
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By: David Crownover
Amelia Edwards and the New Aswan Dam
The second river of Paradise is said to have run through the Biblical land of Kush or Nubia. Modern Nubia […]
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Field Work Around The World
1888-1900 The Museum’s first field work was at Nippur in southern Iraq where the Temple Library of thousands of […]
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Vol. 4 / No. 3
By: Froelich Rainey
“This Unique Institution…”: Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of the University Museum
This is the 75th Anniversary of the University Museum. It also happens to be the 75th Anniversary of the Sun […]
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By: J. Eric S. Thompson
Convocation Address
At a special Convocation held in the Irvine Auditorium of the University of Pennsylvania on January 20, 1962, in observance […]
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By: Carlo M. Lerici
New Archaeological Techniques and International Cooperation in Italy
During the last quarter of 1961 an important and extraordinary archaeological survey was carried out in Italy. Its importance lies […]
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By: William Haviland, Jr.
A “Miniature Stela” From Tikal
Three seasons of archaeological work at the site of Tikal, located in the rain forest of Guatemala’s department of the […]
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