Volume 56 / Number 3
2014
Spotlight On: Beneath the Surface
On The Cover: The Paramount Chief from Sitio Conte Burial 11.
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By: Jane Hickman
A Research Institution: From the Editor
The Penn Museum’s 2013–2020 Strategic Plan includes four foundational pillars: research, teaching, collections stewardship, and public engagement. In addition to […]
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By: Julian Siggers
Connections that Last a Lifetime: From the Director
We frequently hear from people who first encountered the Penn Museum during the formative years of their childhood or adolescence. […]
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By: Steve Tinney
New CAAM Labs and Classrooms Open for Fall Semester: From the Deputy Director
When students swipe their Penncards at the blue door and walk down the corridor to the Penn Museum’s newly reopened […]
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Around the World
The Penn Museum’s curators, staff, and consulting scholars conduct research around the world. Read on for a small sampling of […]
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From Homework to Fieldwork: Summer 2014 Student Projects: Around the World
The Penn Museum encourages and supports student research projects. In 2014, we funded 35 students (23 graduate students, 12 undergraduate […]
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By: Richard M. Leventhal and Brian I. Daniels
Saving Syria’s Cultural Heritage: Past/Present
The news from Syria is unbearable. Over 200,000 Syrians have been killed and the country’s population has been largely displaced. […]
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By: Lucy Fowler Williams
The Excavations at Sitio Conte: Beneath the Surface
The Penn Museum’s excavations at Sitio Conte began in 1940 with an invitation from private landowner, Miguel Conte. Since discovering […]
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By: Lynn Grant
A Treasure Among the Sherds: Beneath the Surface
The treatments done by Penn Museum conservators usually relate to a current exhibition or loan. For our interns, however, we […]
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Peopling the Past: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of Beneath the Surface: Life Death and Gold in Ancient Panama
We are often asked about the planning that goes into the design and construction of an exhibition—questions that are answered […]
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By: Michael D. Danti
Searching for the Kingdom of Musasir: The Rowanduz Archaeological Program
Near Eastern archaeologists generate compelling headlines and grab attention searching for lost kingdoms, temples, and palaces, but most everyone knows […]
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By: Grant Frame
Sargon’s March: A New Translation
In the eighth year of his reign (714 BC), the king of Assyria, Sargon II (721–705 BC), led a campaign […]
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By: Brian Rose and Marianna Lovink
Recreating Roman Wax Masks
When we think of the Roman aristocrats who lived 2,000 years ago, one of the most vivid traditions that comes […]
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By: Richard Hodges and John Mitchell
The Forty Saints Reconsidered
Spectacularly situated above the Straits of Corfu in southern Albania, this large, complex church was built in Late Antiquity- probably […]
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By: Tessa De Alarcón and Sara Levin
Conservation Fellows Evaluate Cypriot Artifacts: Conserving the Past
Excavations sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania unearthed an array of important finds in Cyprus beginning in the 1930s. After […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
The Art of Archaeology: From the Archives
The 1839 invention of photography was revolutionary, and instantly useful to archaeologists, changing the nature of documenting the past. Yet […]
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Meet Our Members: David A. Schwartz, M.D.
David A. Schwartz, M.D., currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia, has been a member of the Penn Museum for three years […]
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Museum News
Engaging Public Schools with the Ancient World The School District of Philadelphia has been faced with budget cuts forcing administrators […]
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By: Philip Jones
An Elamite Inscribed Brick: New Aquisitions
The Babylonian Section’s newest acquisition, a large baked brick with a stamped inscription, illuminates an era of social and religious […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
William L. Potter and Joanne S. Truckel Photograph Collection: New Acquisitions
The Archives is the administrative memory of the Penn Museum, as well as the repository for the scientific records of […]
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