Volume XVII / Number 3
1926
Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Helen E. Fernald
Chinese Frescoes Of The T’ang Dynasty In The Museum: 618-906 A. D.
The Museum has recently acquired three colossal Chinese frescoes which, we may state without exaggeration, are among the most important […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Leon Legrain
The Pilgrim Of The Moon At Ur Of The Chaldees: Concerning the Fourth Campaign of the Joint Expedition of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum.
I The pilgrim on an archaeological quest, on his journey to Ur observes that the signs on the face of […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: J. Alden Mason
Additions To The American Section
I A Peruvian Aryballus By gift of Mr. F. C. Durant the Museum has acquired an excellent and unusually large […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Alan Rowe
The Temples Of Dagon And Ashtoreth At Beth-Shan
During the campaign of 1925-26 the Museum’s Expedition at Beisan, ancient Beth-Shan in Palestine, discovered altogether four Canaanite temples, two […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
The Museum And The World Of Business
The wide interest felt in the Museum’s activities is apparent in many different places, expressed in many different ways and […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
The Docent Service
On each weekday the Docents are at the service of visitors and have the duty and the privilege of accompanying […]
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Vol. XVII / No. 3
By: Mrs. Loring Dam
What Is A Docent?
The idea of a Museum as a place for frequent and leisurely hours of aesthetic entertainment seems to be strange […]
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