Video Subject: Iraq

"Ancient Earth" Silent, outtakes (1940)

Completed Film No Titles (Silent version of F16-4015, F16-4016, & F16-4017) a.k.a. "Ancient Earth...

Fara, Tepe Hissar 1930

[Footage was parially used also in "Ancient Earth"] Fara, Iraq and Tepe Hissar, Iran

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Nippur, Part II

Unedited Excavation footage in desert environment. Originally misidentified as Tell Billa, Iraq, n...

Nippur, Part III

Unedited. Excavation footage in desert environment [1951-1952] Previously misidentified as Tell B...

Nippur, Part IV

Unedited Excavation footage in desert environment. [1951-1952] Previously misidentified as Tell Bi...

Circumnavigation #3: (1930)

Edited travelogue with narrative titles Circumnavigating the Earth...

Petra, Iraq, Persia

Unedited travelogue footage Shotlist Footage taken by Arthur and Kate Tode mostly at the Petra s...

Great Adventures along the Silk Road - From Bukhara and Back

Dr. Renata Holod presents "From Baghdad to Bukhara and Back" at the Great Adventures along the Silk ...

Dressing Queen Puabi

Much of what we know of the people and cultures of early Mesopotamia comes from the material uncover...

Iraq's Ancient Past

President Amy Guttmann speaks at the opening of Iraq's Ancient Past, a new exhibition at the Univers...

Cultural Heritage Project in Iraq - Part Two

In April 2009, Dr. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum was invited by the State Departmen...

Cultural Heritage Project in Iraq - Part One

In April 2009, Dr. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum was invited by the State Departmen...

Royal Tombs of Ur

The late 1920s excavation of royal tombs at Ur, in southern Iraq, provided one of the most renowned ...

Making the Middle East Galleries: The 99%

What do archaeologists know about the common man? With less objects left behind, how are we able to ...

What's On: Great Death Pit of Ur

In this new series, What's On?, experts from the Penn Museum will tell you all about the new researc...