Volume 51 / Number 2
2009
Special Edition: Gordion
On The Cover: The Turkish team exacates Gordion's Iron Age Citadel in 1953.
Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Jane Hickman
From the Editor – Summer 2009
For well over a century, the Penn Museum has sponsored archaeological excavations throughout the world, from Mesopotamia to Thailand to […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
Museum Mosaic – Summer 2009: People, Places, Projects
Penn Museum Is More Fun When You Sleep Over! Penn Museum’s new sleepover program, 40 Winks with the Sphinx, invites […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Ann Blair Brownlee
His Golden Touch: The Gordion Drawings of Piet de Jong
In 1957, the renowned archaeological illustrator, Piet de Jong (1887–1967), made his way to Gordion. Well known for his work […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Praveena Gullapalli
Who Owns Antiquity?: Book News & Reviews
Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage by James Cuno (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008). […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Gareth Darbyshire and Gabriel H. Pizzorno
Gordion in History
According to ancient writers, Gordion is the place where, in 334/3 BCE, Alexander the Great cut the famous Gordian Knot […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Gareth Darbyshire, Kenneth W. Harl and Andrew L. Goldman
To the Victory of Caracalla: New Roman Altars at Gordion
Ask any archaeologist whether chance finds are a crucial source of information and the answer you will receive—if he or […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Gareth Darbyshire and Gabriel H. Pizzorno
Building Digital Gordion: Coping with the Past in the 21st Century
Ever since the Penn Museum began excavations there in 1950, Gordion has remained a key site for the archaeology of […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Richard Hodges
King Midas and Rodney Young: From the Director
When Rodney Young opted to excavate at Gordion in modern Turkey, he must have hoped he would have the Midas […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Lauren Ristvet: Meet the Curators
Lauren Ristvet, the Robert H. Dyson, Jr. Assistant Curator in the Museum’s Near East Section, became interested in archaeology while […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Alessandro Pezzati
Now a Major Motion Picture: Penn Museum’s Film Collection is Online: From the Archives
The pervasiveness of moving images in human communication today is indisputable. Film and video fill our theater, television, and computer screens. […]
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Vol. 51 / No. 2
By: Gareth Darbyshire
Ellen L. Kohler: Portrait
At Gordion I was told that, if ever I managed to visit the Gordion Archive in the Penn Museum, it […]
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