Volume 60 / Number 1
2018
Spotlight On: From the First Cities to our City
On The Cover: This bearded bull's head adorned the front of a lyre found in PG 789, a royal tomb excavated by Sir Leonard Wolley. Museum Object number: B17694B
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By: Alessandro Pezzati
Looking Back
Alfred Bendiner (1899-1964) was a Philadelphia architect and artist best known for his caricatures, which for many years appeared weekly […]
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Museum News
Penn Museum to Award Drexel and Boyer Medals Regents’ Professor and Director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona […]
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Member News
Member Appreciation Day at the Penn Museum On February 10, we recognized the support of members through Member Appreciation Day. […]
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Global Classroom: News From Learning Programs
From Cylinder Seals to Ceramic Analysis New Middle East K–12 Programs The Middle East Galleries offer great connections to school […]
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Mexico & Central America Gallery: Gallery Sneak Peak
In September 2019, the Penn Museum will open its re-installation of the Mexico & Central America Gallery. The current display […]
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Ralph Minasian and the Hagop Kevorkian Fund: The Penn Museum's Extraordinary Partners in the Middle East
Founded in 1887 to house the finds from the first U.S. expedition to Mesopotamia, the Penn Museum’s history of excavation […]
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By: Marie-Claude Boileau
Analyzing Slipper Coffins from Nippur: In the Labs
The opportunity to analyze, with my students, amazing glazed ceramic coffins from Nippur—some of the iconic objects featured in the […]
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By: Jessica Bicknell and Ellen Owens
From the First Cities to Our City: Connecting Philadelphians to The Past, One Tablet at a Time
Aspects of our everyday lives as city denizens have been shaped by—and in some cases, stem directly from—the first cities […]
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By: Lynn Grant
Foundational Work: Conservation and The Middle East Galleries
Conservation is involved very early in the process of creating new Penn Museum galleries and exhibitions. When the curators and […]
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By: Brian Spooner
Nomads in The Middle East
Nomads are mobile tent-dwelling pastoralists in areas of the arid zone (which stretches from Morocco to China, with the area […]
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By: Brian Spooner
Globalization and The Ancient World
Globalization began in the Middle East. It is the story of larger and larger numbers of people connecting and interacting […]
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By: Renata Holod
Locus of Civilization: Cities of the Islamic and Persianate World
Ibn Khaldun, the great 14th-century CE historian and philosopher, stated that without the city (Arabic: madina) there can be no […]
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By: Katherine Burge and Lauren Ristvet
Last Day at Hasanlu: An Iron Age City Frozen in Time
In the summer of 1958, a young archaeologist by the name of Robert H. Dyson, Jr., led a team from […]
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By: Holly Pittman
Highlands and Lowlands: The Interaction of Communities
As it is today, southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), in the deep past, was a distinctive landscape. It provided, in abundance, […]
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By: William B. Hafford
A Spectacular Discovery: Burials Simple and Splendid
Of more than 2,000 total graves, only 16 had the structure, wealth, and evidence of human sacrifice that convinced the […]
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By: William B. Hafford
Mesopotamian City Life: Four Thousand Years Ago
Modern cities have neighborhoods, shops, factories, religious centers, and cemeteries. They have transportation networks along streets and alleyways, and drainage […]
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By: Steve Tinney
The Uses of Writing: Inscribed Objects and Texts in the Middle East Galleries
Written texts and inscribed objects are an essential part of the stories told in the Middle East Galleries and feature […]
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By: Naomi F. Miller
Adaptation and Change: The Development of Agriculture in the Ancient Middle East
The geography of the Middle East provided both challenges and opportunities for the people who lived there. Most of the […]
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By: Richard L. Zettler and William B. Hafford
The Thrill of Discovery: Penn Museum Excavations in Iraq and Iran
England and France have done a noble work of exploration in Assyria and Babylonia. It is time for America to […]
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By: Jane Hickman
Making the Middle East Galleries: A Conversation with Julian Siggers, Dan Rahimi, and Steve Tinney
Julian Siggers, Ph.D., is Williams Director of the Penn Museum; Dan Rahimi is Executive Director of Galleries; Steve Tinney, Ph.D., […]
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By: Julian Siggers
Telling the Human Story: From the Director
Dear Friends, This issue of Expedition celebrates the opening of the Penn Museum’s new Middle East Galleries. These Galleries trace […]
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By: Jane Hickman and Steve Tinney
Over a Century of Exploration in the Middle East: From the Editor
The Middle East Galleries, opening on April 21, 2018, celebrate the Penn Museum’s long history of excavation and research in […]
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