Volume 59 / Number 3
2017
Spotlight On: Deciphering Gobekli Tepe
On The Cover: Ariel view of Gobekli Tepe Enclosure C. This site in southeastern Turkey is over 11,000 years old © DAI, photo Klaus Schmidt
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Museum News
Ancient Marvels, Timeless Fascination: The Penn Museum’s Egyptian Program in London “Never stop learning” is an unofficial motto at Penn, […]
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Member News
Brian Rose Speaks at Curator’s Party At the annual Curator’s Party, held October 12, 2017, members of the Expedition Circle […]
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Early Photographs of China: In the Archives
Photography has been central to archaeological and ethnographic documentation since its invention in 1839. Almost all Penn Museum expeditions took […]
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Global Classroom
Celebrating Peace at the Penn Museum What is it like to leave the only place you have ever called home? […]
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From the CAAM Labs to the Field, and Back Again: In the Labs
For this issue of “In the Labs,” two undergraduate students enrolled in CAAM’s Minor in Archaeological Science write on the […]
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By: Deborah A. Thomas
Bearing Witness: Four Days in West Kingston
The new Penn Museum exhibition Bearing Witness had its genesis in a disturbing event that took place in Jamaica in […]
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By: Oliver Dietrich, Laura Dietrich and Jens Notroff
Cult as a Driving Force of Human History: A View from Göbekli Tepe
As we arrive at the site in the mountains of southeastern Turkey, a pale moon still hangs in a sky […]
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By: Robert Ousterhout
Palmyra 1885: The Photographs of John Henry Haynes
“We pitched our tent by the little sun temple,” wrote John Henry Haynes, as his party arrived at Palmyra in […]
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By: Adam Smith and Qin Zhongpei
Marking the Spirit Road: Funerary Stone Sculpture in China
The two winged lions that confront each other across the span of the Rotunda are the oldest and most massive […]
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Middle East Galleries: Conserving the Ubaid Standing Bull: Gallery Sneak Peek
Though Leonard Woolley’s excavations at Ur are his most famous, this is not the only site he explored during his […]
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Big Changes Are Underway: The New Penn Museum
Recently, you might have noticed some new signs around the Museum, featuring our famous Sphinx in a new role: on […]
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By: Julian Siggers
Welcoming New Audiences: Renovating the Harrison Auditorium: From the Director
On November 1, we marked the kickoff of our Building Transformation project with a groundbreaking—or, rather, seat removal— event in […]
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By: Jane Hickman
Ancient & Modern: From the Editor
Our Winter issue includes stories of the ancient and modern world. We begin with an amazing archaeological site in southeastern […]
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