Volume 44 / Number 1
2002
On The Cover: Potnia Theron, Mistress of Animals Photo credit: Collection Object Number: 32-36-14
Vol. 44 / No. 1
Museum Mosaic – Spring 2002: People, Places, Projects
It isn’t made of gold, but an enigmatic ivory statuette of a lion tamer may once have belonged to King Midas. At least […]
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By: Suzanne Sheehan Becker
From the Director for Development
Every day at the University of Pennsylvania Museum you learn some thing new, something that expands your awareness and challenges your […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 1
By: Shannon C. White
An Alabaster Mystery: What in the World?
Did it once hold cosmetics for a Parthian beauty? Or perhaps weight her loom? Or maybe it was a sacred […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 1
By: Alex Pezzati
Murder in Mesopotamia: From the Archives
The Setting is an Archaeological expedition to Ur, in Iraq, during the 1930s. The beautiful, intriguing, and temperamental wife of […]
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Vol. 44 / No. 1
By: Brian L. Peasnall
Intricacies of Hallan Çemi: Research Notes
Until recently, Southeastern Anatolia (Turkish Asia Minor) was largely written off as a cultural backwater during the Neolithic period, the […]
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By: Melvyn Hammarberg
The World of the Latter-day Saints–A Life Plan Model
The 2002 Winter Olympics brought worldwide attention to Salt Lake City, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
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By: Deborah I. Olszewski and Nancy R. Coinman
An Ice Age Oasis in Jordan: Pleistocene Hunter-gatherers in the Wadi al-Hasa Region
If you visited the Wadi al-Hasa region of west central Jordan today, you would probably find it hard to picture […]
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By: Valentina Livi
A Story Told in Pieces: Architectural Terracottas from Minturnae
At the dawn of the third century B.C., Rome was on the move. The upstart city on the Tiber was […]
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By: Michael D. Danti and Richard L. Zettler
Excavating an Enigma: The Latest Discoveries from Tell es-Sweyhat
An excavation is all the more intriguing when it unveils something totally unexpected. Tell es-Sweyhat in northern Syria has much […]
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