Volume 58 / Number 1
2016
Spotlight On: Secrets of Ancient Magic
On The Cover: Chapter 180 from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, which contains spells and instructions for the reanimation of the soul. See pages 12–13
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Looking Back
N0. 245 Caffee Arabe A young man and an old man sit on a bench while playing mancala in Cairo, […]
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Museum News
Architectural Team Selected for Harrison and Coxe Wings Renovation Project The Penn Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of […]
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Meet Our Members: Member News
Isabella de la Houssaye is a member of the Penn Museum’s Loren Eiseley Society and serves on its Director’s Council. […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Whittaker Schroder
Changing Perceptions about Warfare: Book News + Reviews
Embattled Bodies, Embattled Places: War in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and The Andes By Andrew K. Scherer and John W. Verano, eds. […]
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By: Tiffany C. Cain
Returning to the Study of Things: Book News + Reviews
Ruin Memories: Materialities, Aesthetics, and the Archaeology of the Recent Past By Bjørnar Olsen and Þóra Pétursdóttir, eds. (Oxon and […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Stewart Culin and the Study of Games: From the Archives
Self-trained anthropologist Stewart Culin was eclectic in his interests. A master of exhibition design and a collector of ethnic and […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Katherine Moore
The Evolution of Pigs: In the Labs
A recent student project in the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM) uses animal bones from the Penn […]
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By: Jerolyn E. Morrison
Kos: A First Stop in the Refugee Crisis: Past/Present
Each day our humanitarian efforts on Kos begin after our work in the museum ends. It starts with an eight-pound […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Janet Simon
Lisbon: Rich in History and Culture: Fieldtrip
Today’s visitors to the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon see striking evidence of a glorious past. At the height of […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Lucy Fowler Williams, Stacey O. Espenlaub and Janet Monge
Finding Their Way Home: Twenty-five Years of NAGPRA at the Penn Museum
On November 2, 2015, Mr. Lalo Franco and Mr. Pete Alanis of the Tachi Yokut Tribe of the Santa Rosa […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Steve Renette
Traders of the Mountains: The Early Bronze Age in Iraqi Kurdistan
Within the imaginations of people inhabiting the dense cities that dotted the Mesopotamian plains, the Zagros Mountains to the east […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Kristen Pearson
Sowing the Seeds of Competitive Play: The Enduring Legacy of Mancala
Mancala has been popular in the United States since a commercialized version was intro- duced in the 1940s under the […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Kate Murphy and Cynthia Susalla
Secrets of Ancient Magic: The Power of Spells, Curses, & Omens
In ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, practitioners of magic exploited symbolic words, images, and rituals to achieve desired outcomes […]
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Kourion at the Crossroads: Exploring Ancient Cyprus: In the Galleries
In 1934, Penn archaeologists George McFadden and John Franklin Daniel began excavating at Kourion, Cyprus. More than 80 years later, […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Julian Siggers
Renovation & Innovation: From the Director
This is a time of tremendous excitement and anticipation in the Penn Museum as we prepare to transform our keystone […]
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Vol. 58 / No. 1
By: Jane Hickman
Stories from the Penn Museum: From the Editor
The Spring 2016 issue includes four articles related to the work of the Penn Museum. We open with “Secrets of […]
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