Vol. 1 / No. 2
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
An Iranian Drinking Vessel
The mountains of western Iran are today the home of sheep-herding tribesmen as they have been since animals were first […]
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Vol. 1 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Digging in Iran: Hasanlu, 1958
Expeditions, especially archaeological ones, often produce unexpected results. The last Hasanlu Expedition was no exception. It started slowly with what […]
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Vol. 2 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
The Death of a City
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the […]
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Vol. 3 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
An Iranian Gold Piece
Herodotus tells us that when the Persian fleet was wrecked off Magnesia in Thessaly in 492 B.C. on its way […]
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Vol. 3 / No. 4
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
A Visit to a Chittagong Hill Tribe
Much of the initial information gathered on foreign peoples has been derived from the accounts of travelers. Such accounts are […]
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Vol. 5 / No. 2
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
A Babylonian Lion in Toronto
Glazed lions molded in relief on baked brick facades are relatively rare on the North American continent.One of the best […]
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Vol. 5 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Archaeological Scrap: Glimpses of History at Ziwiye
Letters are crossing a museum curator’s desk constantly from different and obscure parts of the globe telling of chance discoveries […]
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Vol. 7 / No. 1
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
A Stranger From the East
The blank, staring eyes and elongated chin of this portrait have a dark, haunting quality about them which stays in […]
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Vol. 10 / No. 4
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Early Works on the Acropolis at Susa: The Beginning of Prehistory in Iraq and Iran
In 1859 Rawlinson wrote in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: “It would be particularly interesting to excavate the great […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
A Decade in Iran
The establishment of a basic chronology consisting of broadly defined cultural phases from the earliest village settlements to the beginning […]
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Vol. 13 / No. 3-4
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Iran: Eleven Thousand Years of Cultural History
In October of this year, world attention will be directed toward the achievements of Iran’s ancient civilization through the celebration […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Archival Glimpses of the Ur Expedition in the Years 1920 to 1926
All expeditions are a complex network of interlocking political and social events involving people, institutions and governments. Among the common […]
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Vol. 23 / No. 4
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Carleton S. Coon
Carleton Coon was a large bear of a man with a shock of white hair and a devilish sense of […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
University Museum Announcements
With the return of Martin Biddle to England at the end of June, The University Museum has passed into a […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Volunteers
The many volunteers who participate in the wide range of activities of the University Museum form an indispensable resource in […]
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Vol. 28 / No. 3
By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Introduction – Winter 1986
For many people, a museum is a place where interesting “things” can be accumulatcd. displayed, and stored. In the case […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Where in the World?
Many people interested in The University Museum ask from time to time about our research activities. To respond to these […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
The Iron Age Architecture at Hasanlu: An Essay
One of the most important results of the excavation of Iron Age Hasanlu is the recovery of well-preserved architectural remains […]
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By: Robert H. Dyson, Jr.
Rediscovering Hasanlu
The unexpected discovery in 1958 of the now famous “Hasalu Gold Bowl” in a burned occupation level at that site led […]
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