Video Subject: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Dismantling the Tomb Chapel (Part 2)

In this videotape a Penn Museum crew from the Registrar's office are dismantling a tomb that was on ...

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Dismantling the Tomb Chapel (Part 1)

In this videotape a Penn Museum crew from the Registrar's office are dismantling a tomb that was on ...

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Secrets of the Silk Road

Contributing Curator and Penn Professor, Victor Mair introduces the new landmark exhibition Secrets ...

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The Sphinx

Sphinx of Ramesses II in front of the Main Entrance of the Penn Museum, covered with snow. The Sphin...

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Fang! The Killing Tooth

Fang! The Killing Tooth explores the biology of the "killing" canine and the history of the vampire ...

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What in the World - Part Five by Pablo Helguera

This video is the fifth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

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What in the World - Part Four by Pablo Helguera

This video is the fourth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo ...

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What in the World - Part Three by Pablo Helguera

This video is the third installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

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What in the World - Part Two by Pablo Helguera

This video is the second installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo ...

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What in the World - Part One by Pablo Helguera

This video is the first installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

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Paul Cobb Talks About the New Map in the Islamic Gallery

Paul Cobb, Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History in Near Eastern Languages & Civ...

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Iraq's Ancient Past

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

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David's Harp Ensemble Plays at Penn Museum's World Culture Day, Turkish Delight

On Saturday, September 26th, the Penn Museum celebrated all things Turkish with a new exhibition ope...

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Conserving the Spider Monkey Pot

Conservators Nina Owczarek and Julia Lawson reveal all their conservation secrets and discuss the ch...

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The Maya Jaguar Drum

Ethnomusicologist John Burkhalter demonstrates how the Maya mimicked the sound of a growling jaguar ...

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Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya

Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, a new exhibition at the Penn Museum run...

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The Chama Conservation Project

Conservators at the Penn Museum apply the latest technology to conserve fragmented Maya pots. Analys...

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Surviving: The Body of Evidence

This introductory video is a work in progress. This video highlights the new traveling exhibition at...

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Himalaya: Land of the Snow Lion

This video is a work in progress. This is an introduction to the current traveling exhibition at the...

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Surviving: The Body of Evidence

This new exhibition at Penn Museum explores the process of evolution and its impact on you. [Promoti...

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IYARE! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre

Iyare! Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theatre, a new exhibition at the Penn Museum, runs fro...

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Penn in the World

Penn in the World: Twelve Decades of the University of Pennsylvania Museum is a new exhibition curat...

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Teri Rofkar, Tlingit Basket Weaver

Teri Rofkar, Tlingit basket weaver, tours Penn Museum's American Collection Storage...

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Royal Tombs of Ur

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

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Unpacking the Past

Promotional spot for Penn Museum featuring a brief history and current functions and facets of the M...

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World Culture Days

See the whole world... all under one roof! The Penn Museum's popular World Culture Series is designe...

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Engaging Conservation: Lynn Grant

Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Introduction and Welcome by Lynn Grant...

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Engaging Conservation: Lynn Makowsky

Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Penn Convervation Stories Lynn Makowsky...

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Great Beasts of Legend: The Strong Silent Type: The Sphinx

Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, Associate Curator, Egyptian Section, Penn Museum and co-author of The Sp...

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Expedition - Piedras Negras

Introducing the Penn Museum's Expedition video series. This digital content is based on an article f...

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Harrison Auditorium Seat Removal 2017

The Harrison Auditorium is closed for renovations to this historic and much-used space. The Auditori...

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Making the Middle East Galleries: Journey to the City

Penn Museum Williams Director, Julian Siggers and Executive Director of Galleries, Dan Rahimi, tell ...

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Penn Museum Building Transformation

The Penn Museum is undergoing a building transformation. ...

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What in the World - The Disputed Pottery Collection of Waldemar Julsrud

This video is the sixth installment of What in the World, a series of six videos produced by Pablo H...

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What in the World Game Show at the Penn Museum

Penn Museum hosts a recreation of the 1950s What in the World game show to a very excited (and vocal...

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A Home for our Stuff: Building the Penn Museum

Ann Brownlee, Associate Curator, Mediterranean Section The Penn Museum has been collecting "Great...

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Director’s Highlights of the Penn Museum Collection

Julian Siggers, Williams Director Penn Museum The Penn Museum stewards nearly one million artifac...

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What's On? Global Guide Tours

The Penn Museum’s artifacts are full of stories from cultures around the world. What better way to...

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Director’s Town Hall: Building Transformation

Skip introduction: 6:50 Members were invited to an exclusive, town-hall conversation with Dr. Jul...

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