Volume 42 / Number 2

2000

On The Cover: Red-quartzite figure of pharaoh Senwosret III from his mortuary temple at South Abydos; see A Hundred Years at South Abydos. Photo credit: Josef Wegner

Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Henry N. Michael

Tree Rings and Radiocarbon Dates: Science & Archaeology

The advent of radiocarbon dating enabled scientists to put ancient organic remains into a far more reliable chronological framework than […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Alex Pezzati

A Crowning Achievement: Zelia Nuttall in Czarist Russia: From the Archives

Why was Zelia Nuttall, a well-known Aztec scholar, engaged to travel to Russia as a representative of the University of […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Josef Wegner

A Hundred Years at South Abydos: Reconstructing the Temple of Pharaoh Senwosret III

Discovery and Rediscovery of a Royal Mortuary Temple Late in 1899 a young British archaeologist, David Randall-Maclver, was exploring the […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Jennifer L. White

A Masterpiece in Clay: A Han House Model Reflects Traditional Chinese Life

For over twenty years a clay model of a three-story structure has stood with little notice among green-glazed ceramic tombwares […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Leigh-Ann Bedal

Paradise Found: Petra's Urban Oasis

The ruins of the ancient city of Petra Crock” in Greek) lie in the mountains that form the eastern border […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Paul Zimmerman

The City of Petra

Petra, one of the great cities of antiquity, Is nestled in the rugged Shan’ mountains of southern Jordan, halfway between the […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Paul Zimmerman

Mapping Petra

In 1993 Martha Joukowsky opened a new excavation at the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southwest Jordan (see box […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Jing Sun

Opening Windows on the Outside World: My Experiences as an International Classroom Speaker

I came to the United States in February 1998 as a visiting scholar to do research on teaching English to minority […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

Museum Mosaic – Summer 2000: People, Places, Projects

The University of Pennsylvania Museum awarded two honors in April 2000 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Jeremy A. Sabloff

From the Director

This issue of Expedition highlights one of the most renowned strengths of the University of Pennsylvania Museum: our archaeological and […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: Irene Bald Romano

What Is This Statue Doing Up In the Air?: What in the World

The marble statue of a seated Dionysos with a Lion (MS 5483) has been a familiar landmark in the center […]

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Vol. 42 / No. 2

By: James R. Mathieu

A Tree Falls in Philadelphia: Research Notes

The plunging of a silver shovel into the dirt on April 14, 2000, marked the official groundbreaking for the construction […]

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