Volume 54 / Number 3
2012
Special Edition: 125 Years and Still Exploring
On The Cover: Nippur in modern Iraq excavated by the Penn Museum from 1889 to 1900. John Punnett Peters, John Henry Haynes, and Herman Volrath Hilprecht led the Museum's work at the site. Haynes took this photograph in 1899.
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By: Alexandra Fleischman
Women Archaeologists in the Early Days of the Museum
A portrait of Sara Yorke Stevenson (1847–1921) hangs in the Penn Museum Archives, a tribute to this dynamic woman’s crucial […]
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By: Julian Siggers
The Adventure Continues: From the Director
A major anniversary is a wonderful reason for an institution to reflect on the people, events, and achievements that have […]
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By: Jane Hickman
Every Picture Tells a Story: From the Editor
When I began editing Expedition almost four years ago, I was unaware of the many wonderful stories associated with those […]
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By: Jennifer H. Wegner
The Granite Sphinx of Ramesses II
Excavated by W. M. Flinders Petrie in 1913 near the Ptah Temple at Memphis, the Penn Museum’s twelve-ton sphinx is […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
A Telegram of Discovery from Ur
On January 4, 1928, the Museum received a telegram from Leonard Woolley announcing his great find of the tomb of […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Replicas of Famous Monuments of the Past
Reproductions of famous monuments were an important part of the Museum’s educational mission in its early years, before the increasing […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Schmidt at Tepe Hissar
In 1931 Museum archaeologists were the first Americans to excavate in Persia (Iran), at the site of Tepe Hissar, under […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Controversial Carleton Coon
Carleton S. Coon (1904–1981) was a Curator and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1963. He […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
John Cotter, Archaeologist of Philadelphia
Though based in Philadelphia, the Penn Museum has often neglected the American past to search for places more distant in […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Purchase, Theft, and Recovery of the Crystal Ball
The Chinese crystal sphere, on display in the Harrison Rotunda, has been an iconic object in the Museum since 1927, […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Nippur and Hamdi Bey
The 1889–1900 excavations at Nippur in Mesopotamia led to the founding of the Penn Museum. They were immortalized on canvas […]
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By: KC Boas
The Curious Cabinet of Dr. Morton
Update on the Morton collection For updates on the Museum’s work towards the repatriation and burial of the Morton Collection, […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
George Byron Gordon and the Chinese Collection
George Byron Gordon (1870–1927) was born of Scottish-English ancestry on Prince Edward Island, Canada. After obtaining his Ph.D. at Harvard, […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Museum
His frail body sheltered the spirit of a courteous gentleman of high culture and lovable and gentle character. There are […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
An Angu Funeral in New Guinea
Born in 1919, Ward Goodenough is a world-renowned linguist and anthropologist, who has studied the connection between language and culture […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati, Jane Hickman and Alexandra Fleischman
A Brief History of the Penn Museum
The founding of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology was part of the great wave of institution-building […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Big Game at the Museum
Natural history specimens collected by Arthur Donaldson Smith were on display in 1898 in the University Library, now the Fine […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Moroccan Pottery in the African Collection
Talcott Williams, one of the early officers of the Museum, was an editor of the Philadelphia Press for 30 years. […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
William Farabee, Martyr to Science
William Curtis Farabee (1865–1925) is one of the great forgotten American explorers and anthropologists. He obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard […]
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Frank Speck and the Anthropology Department
Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1881 – 1950) is best known for his research among remnant populations and highly acculturated groups of […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Accidental Mayanist: Tatiana Proskouriakoff
Of all the brilliant minds that have lit up the firmament of ancient Maya studies, there is none that arouses […]
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Vol. 54 / No. 3
By: William Wierzbowski
The Beaver Bowl
This wooden bowl was collected among the Kaskaskia (a sub-group of the Miami people) by George Turner, a judge in […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Eccentric Maxwell Sommerville
Maxwell Sommerville (1829–1904) was one of the most colorful characters associated with the early days of the Museum. The first […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Importance of Conservation at the Museum
In the early years, restoration or reconstruction work was carried out by curators and their assistants, whether it was baking […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Furness in Borneo and East Asia
William Henry Furness III, scion of a notable Philadelphia family that included architect Frank Furness and Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard […]
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