Video Category: Lecture
The Wonderful World of Egyptian Sphinxes
Guests are invited to join Penn Museum Egyptologists and staff to celebrate the Sphinx! There will b...
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Great Voyages: Zheng He
Dr. Adam Smith, Assistant Curator, Asian Section, kicks off the 2013--2014 "Great Lectures" series. ...
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Continuity and Change
Mary Beard present the continuity of the Mediterranean world, as well as the dramatic changes which ...
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The Triumph of Augustus on the Actium Monument at Nicopolis
Dr. K. L. Zachos Leads this lecture in a fascinating explaination of the Triumph of Augustus on the ...
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George Catlin's Indian Curiosities: A Collection Saved, Hidden, Dispersed, And Discovered
William Wierzbowski, Associate Keeper, American Section "George Catlin's Indian Curiosities: A Coll...
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Great Battles: Hannibal's Secret Weapon in the Second Punic War
Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford University, speaks. Hannibal, a Carthaginian commander who lived ca. 200 ...
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Inside Emblem Glyphs: Tracking Royal Identities at Calakmul & Dzibanche
Recalling the Ancestors: Maya Traditions across Time For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ances...
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"Eccentrics"
For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ancestors are ever-present and fundamental to the sense of ...
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What a Terrific Find! Great Finds from the Collections
Alex Pezzati, Senior Archivist, speaks about some of the Museum's most intriguing artifacts, and how...
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When Growing Up: Cultural and Educational Experiences of Chinese Youth
Part of out International Classroom series, join Wei Zeng as she elaborates on the Cultural and Educ...
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Myth and Kin: Family Ties and Royal Authority at La Corona
For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ancestors are ever-present and fundamental to the sense of ...
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Ancestors at Copan and Quirigua: Acts of Remembrance
Acts of veneration for Maya royal ancestors at Classic Copan have rightfully received much attention...
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Maya Ancestors and Folded-time Epistemologies
Recalling the Ancestors: Maya Traditions across Time For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ances...
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Great Battles: Thermopylae: The Battle for Europe?
Dr. Jeremy McInerny, Professor of Classical Studies, examines the tactics and strategy of the Battle...
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Deciphering the Lod Mosaic
Penn Museum members are invited for a private viewing of our current exhibition, Unearthing a Master...
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Ancestral Landscapes and Pilgrimage in Lacandon Maya Culture
For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ancestors are ever-present and fundamental to the sense of ...
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A Tradition of Trust in Modern and Ancient Maya Communities
For ancient and contemporary Maya alike, ancestors are ever-present and fundamental to the sense of ...
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Walking on Images: Moasics in the Roman House
The Lod Mosaic, excavated in 2009 in Lod, Israel, has much to tell us when we understand its histori...
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The Lod Mosaic and the Religious Landscapes of Late Antiquity
The Lod Mosaic, excavated in 2009 in Lod, Israel, has much to tell us when we understand its histori...
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Iudaea/Palaestina and the Roman Levant c.300 CE
This expert from "The Lod Mosaic in Context" a panel discussion of experts, including Dr. C. Brian R...
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Ancient Roman Hairdressing: Fiction to Fact
Today's passion for staying current in the latest hairstyle was no different for men and women in an...
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Complementary Curiosities: Three Collectors of Antiquities in 19th Century Philadelphia
Penn Museum Scholars Lecture Complementary Curiosities: Three Collectors of Antiquities in 19th Cen...
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Stars & Scholars in the Archaeology of Copan, Honduras
Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle, Honduran archaeologist and Executive Director of the Copan Association, s...
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Contemporary Maya Communities & the Politics of Cultural Heritage
Cristina Coc, Director of the Julian Cho Society in Belize. A champion of indigenous Maya issues in ...
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The Mystery of the Lost Jamestown Fort (1607-1624)
The Jamestown Fort, built in 1607, was the beginning of the first permanent British settlement in wh...
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Tihosuco and the Museo De La Guerra
Dr. Richard Leventhal, discusses in this lecture, Tihosuco and the Museo De La Decastas. A cooperati...
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From the 9th to the 13th Bak'tun in Copan: Celebrations in the Past and Present
In this Maya Weekend lecture excerpt Dr. William L. Fash examines past and present celebrations in M...
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The True Maya Apocalypse
In this 2012 Maya Weekend lecture, Simon Martin discusses the True May Apocalypse. It has taken man...
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Continuities and Change in Maya Weaving Traditions
Barbara Knoke de Arathoon, Curator and Exhibits Director for the Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena in ...
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Temple of Kukulkan in Mayapan
The leaders of new Postclassic polities looked to the past for inspiration and for practical ways t...
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