Volume 57 / Number 3
2015
Spotlight On: In Search of King Midas
Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Jane Hickman
The Penn Museum and the Kingdom of Midas: From the Editor
This special expanded issue of Expedition was created to accompany The Golden Age of King Midas. This extraordinary exhibition—with objects […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Julian Siggers
A Tradition of Discovery through Fieldwork: From the Director
In 1887, a group of Philadelphians, including University of Pennsylvania Provost William Pepper, established the Penn Museum to house artifacts […]
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Stewarding Collections in Times of Change: In the Galleries
The current academic year has seen the launch of an exciting period of renovations and updates for the Penn Museum […]
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In the Labs
International Archaeology Day On October 17, 2015, CAAM helped the Museum celebrate International Archaeology Day by offering the public tours […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: C. Brian Rose
Gordion and the Penn Museum
Like many great archaeological discoveries, the site of Gordion was encountered by accident. Engineers working on the construction of the […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Anastasia Amrhein, Sophie Crawford Waters, Sam Holzman and Kurtis Tanaka
The Interaction of Empires
Much of the richness of Gordion’s history lies in its interaction with the other great kingdoms of the Near East […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Richard Liebhart and Lucas Stephens
Tumulus MM: Fit for a King
For several thousand years, anyone entering the valley of the ancient Sangarius (modern Sakarya) River near the site of Gordion […]
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By: Kathryn R. Morgan, C. Brian Rose, Sam Holzman and Patricia Kim
The Legacy of Phrygian Culture
The impact of Midas’ reign on the political configuration of Asia Minor is well known; less obvious is the impact […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Elisa Del Bono
Architectural Conservation at Gordion
Following the preservation policy of many Mediterranean countries, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey requires the directors of […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Anastasia Amrhein, Patricia Kim, Lucas Stephens and Jane Hickman
The Myth of Midas’ Golden Touch
Gold has been used to create objects of beauty across the ages, conferring a high level of status on those […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Gareth Darbyshire
The Role of Science: in Gordion’s Archaeology
Gordion is an unusually large and complex archaeological site, the product of its over 4,000-year occupation history. Rising 16 meters […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Ayşe Gursan-Salzmann
A Day in the Life: The 2015 Field Season
Any description of life at Gordion must begin with the dig house, the center of archaeological activity now just as […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: C. Brian Rose
The Next Decade at Gordion
Given the fact that fieldwork at Gordion has been ongoing for over six decades, it may seem surprising that so […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Susan Heuck Allen
Rodney Young’s Other Career: Portrait
Mussolini’s invasion of Greece on October 28, 1940 prompted American archaeologists excavating there to act. Rodney Young, a recent Ph.D. […]
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Vol. 57 / No. 3
By: Alessandro Pezzati
John Franklin Daniel III: The Director Who Never Was: From the Archives
In December 1948, John Franklin Daniel III and Rodney S. Young surveyed the site of Gordion, one of the fabled […]
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Meet Our Members – Winter 2015: John Medveckis, PAR90
John Medveckis, member of the Director’s Council and former Overseer, is co-chair of the upcoming gala celebrating The Golden Age […]
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Museum News – Winter 2015
Museum Objects Travel the World The Penn Museum has an active loans program, sending objects from the collection to museums […]
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Looking Back – Winter 2015
John Henry Haynes (1849– 1910), pioneer archaeological photographer, took thousands of photographs on the Penn Museum’s expeditions to Nippur, Mesopotamia […]
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