Volume 52 / Number 2

2010

On The Cover: At the Mosque Door by Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910). This Orientalist genre painting is featured in the Penn Museum exhibition Archaeologists & Travelers in Ottoman Lands. Notice that the seated and standing male figures are the artist, Hamdi Bey; he painted from photographs of himself in Oriental dress. Photo credit: Penn Museum

Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Elizabeth Hamilton

Penn Museum in Laos: Penn Museum in Laos

The Middle Mekong Archaeological Project (MMAP), a pioneering archaeological project led by Penn Museum staff member Dr. Joyce White, wrapped […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Marinus Anthony Van Der Sluijs and Anthony L. Peratt

Astronomical Petroglyphs: Searching For Rock Art Evidence for an Ancient Super Aurora

For tens of thousands of years, humans have expressed themselves artistically on their surroundings—painting, etching, carving, and molding designs, decorations, […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Robert G. Ousterhout

Archaeologists and Travelers in Ottoman Lands: Three Intersecting Lives

2010 marks the centennial of the deaths of two notable individuals and the demise of a career for a third. […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Marinus Anthony Van Der Sluijs and Anthony L. Peratt

Stickman: Excerpt from Astronomical Petroglyphs

The so-called “Stickman” is the world’s most prevalent petroglyph. Found everywhere, the stickman can be carved as a stick-like figure […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Richard Hodges

Introducing Penn Undergraduates to Archaeology: From the Director

Penn Museum has launched a new expedition. Explicitly for undergraduates of the University, it is a summer school based in […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Alessandro Pezzati

The Pennsylvania Declaration: From the Archives

Forty years have passed since Penn Museum Director Froelich Rainey presented the famous Pennsylvania Declaration, giving our Museum the distinction […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Heather Hughes

A Hidden Gem at the Penn Museum: What in the World

Thanks to the voracious collecting habits of Maxwell Sommerville (1829–1904), the Penn Museum boasts an impressive collection of engraved gems. The former […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Thanik Lertcharnrit

An Early Ivory Bracelet from Central Thailand: From the Field

A piece of an ancient ivory bracelet was recently discovered during the fourth excavation season at the Late Prehistoric/ Early Historic […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Erin Jensen and Jennifer Reifsteck

Summer in the City: Around the Museum

Squeals of laughter fill the air. Campers swarm their counselors asking them to sign their t-shirts. Art projects are taken […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Jane Kauer

The World of Soy: Book News & Reviews

The World of Soy edited by Christine M. Du Bois, Chee-Beng Tan, and Sidney Mintz (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

Museum Mosaic – Summer 2010: People, Places, Projects

Egyptologist David Silverman Honored in Cairo A Festschrift celebration honoring the lifetime achievements of Dr. David Silverman was held in […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Jane Hickman

From the Editor – Summer 2010

The Curatorial faculty of The University Museum today reached the unanimous conclusion that they would purchase no more art objects […]

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Vol. 52 / No. 2

By: Jarosław Zrałka and Wiesław Koszkul

New Discoveries about the Ancient Maya: Excavations at Nakum, Guatemala

Deep in the jungle of northeastern Guatemala, in the Department of the Petén, lies a Maya site that has only […]

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