Video Category: Lecture
The Tarim Basin Mummies by Victor Mair
The exhibition Secrets of the Silk Road explores the history of the vast desert landscape of the Tar...
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The Roman City of Zeugma (Turkey) Conservation Project
The Archaeological Institute of America and the Samuel H. Kress Foudation present a lecture by Rober...
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Literacy - Is it the Same Problem in Every Language?
Literacy has been a major topic of study since the 1960s, centered in anthropology, but spreading we...
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Dead Men of Duffy's Cut
Janet M. Monge, Acting Curator-in-Charge and Keeper of Collections in the Physical Anthropology Sect...
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Built of Memory and Hope: The Sacred City of Abydos, Egypt
Do you know what part of Osiris' body fell into the Nile? Find out as Dr. Joseph Wegner discusses...
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Keros: Rethinking the Cycladic Early Bronze Age by Professor Colin Renfrew
Professor Colin Renfrew, Senior Research Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at C...
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The Trojan War - Myth or Fact
Dr. C. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum discusses excavations at Troy over the past tw...
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From Atticus to the IMF: Archaeology and issues of social responsibility in southern Albania
Richard Hodges, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, p...
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Did Neanderthals Bury Their Dead?
Dr. Harold Dibble discusses his research at several excavation sites including Roc de Marsal, France...
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Nigeria's Benin Kingdom
Associate Professor of Art History at Cleveland State University, Dr. Kathy Curnow speaks on "Courtl...
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Great Myths and Legends: Warrior Women: Amazons and the Greek Imagination
This lecture considers the Amazons in Greek legend and art. Who were these warrior women and why did...
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Great Myths and Legends: The Arabian Nights: Medieval Fantasy and Modern Forgery
The Arabian Nights is probably the medieval Arabic book best known in the west, full of ripping yarn...
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Engaging Conservation: Lynn Grant
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Introduction and Welcome by Lynn Grant...
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Engaging Conservation: Lynn Makowsky
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Penn Convervation Stories Lynn Makowsky...
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Engaging Conservation: Bill Wierzbowski
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Penn Conservation Stories Bill Wierzbowski...
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Engaging Conservation: Alex Pezzati
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Penn Convervation Stories Alex Pezzati...
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Engaging Conservation: Katherine Moore
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Penn Convervation Stories Katherine Moore...
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Engaging Conservation: C. Brian Rose
Engaging Conservation: Collaboration Across Disciplines Keynote Address Negotiating the interactio...
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Great Beasts of Legend: Anzu the Lion Headed Eagle
Dr. Steve Tinney, Associate Curator, Babylonian Section, Penn Museum The Penn Museum’s popular mo...
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Great Beasts of Legend: Centaurs, Sirens and Chimaera: The Greeks and their Monsters
Dr. Jeremy McInerney, Davidson Kennedy Professor Department of Classical Studies, University of Penn...
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New Discoveries in Ancient Turkey
This lecture reviews the startling new archaeological discoveries that have been made in Turkey duri...
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Great Beasts of Legend: The Strong Silent Type: The Sphinx
Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, Associate Curator, Egyptian Section, Penn Museum and co-author of The Sp...
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Great Beasts of Legend: The Hobbits of Flores Island: Myth, Magic, Majesty of Homo floresiensis
Standing at 3 ½ half feet tall, and about 75 pounds, Homo floresiensis is the smallest adult skeleta...
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Great Beasts of Legend: Monsters of the Maya Cosmos
Dr. Simon Martin, Associate Curator, American Section, Penn Museum The Maya universe was populated ...
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Great Beasts of Legend: Underwater Panthers and Their Place in the Native American Cosmos
Annual Petersen Lecture: Dr. Megan Kassabaum, Weingarten Assistant Curator, American Section, Penn M...
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The World of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas: Session 1
April 1, 2016 Speakers: Julian Siggers, Brian C. Rose, Charles Williams, Nicolo Marchetti, ...
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The World of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas: Session 2
April 2, 2016 Speakers: Session Chair: Lauren Ristvet; Timothy Harrison, University of Toronto, ...
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The World of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas: Session 3
April 2, 2016 Speakers: Session Chair: G. Kenneth Sams, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;...
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The World of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas: Session 4
April 2, 2016 Speakers: Session Chair: Mary Voigt, College of William and Mary; Lorenzo d’Alfonso...
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The World of Phrygian Gordion, Royal City of Midas: Session 5
April 2, 2016 Speakers: Elspeth Dusinberre, University of Colorado, Boulder “Elite Cremation Buria...
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