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Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth, Art, and History thumbnail.

Amazons: Warrior Women in Myth, Art, and History

Amazons—fierce horsewomen-archers on the fringes of the known world—were the mythic archenemies of t...

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Weweni - Be Careful

Larry Aitken, Tim Powell, Bob Preucel, Lucy Fowler Williams, Louise Krasniewicz, David McKnight, Bar...

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Middle Stone Age surface Archaeology - Reports from the Field: Douglas G. Lovell, Jr.

The identification of the temporal and causal factors in the emergence of modern human behavior is a...

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The Romans who saw the Caspian Sea - Reports from the Field: Douglas G. Lovell, Jr.

Borderland studies are one of the most vibrant areas of modern archaeological research, looking at t...

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Douglas G. Lovell, Jr.

Douglas G. Lovell, Jr. "Reports from the Field": The Rowanduz Archaeological Program 2014

This past summer, the Rowanduz Archaeological Program (RAP) returned to Iraqi Kurdistan for its seco...

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Great Wonders: Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley

Stretching over 2,500 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River has been cal...

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To Boldly Go: The New Frontier of Maritime Archaeology

James Delgado is actively involved in promoting the cause of maritime preservation. He hosted the te...

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Wampum in Museum Collections: Tracking Broken Chains of Custody

Wampum belts are identified by federal legislation as iconic items of indigenous cultural patrimony,...

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Great Wonders: The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza

Dr. David Silverman, Curator-in-Charge, Penn Museum, Egyptian Section, presents the opening lecture ...

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The Ubaid Skeleton at the Penn Museum

Scientists at the Penn Museum have re-discovered an important find in their own storage rooms, a com...

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The Buddhist Murals: Up Close & Personal, a Conservation Adventure thumbnail.

The Buddhist Murals: Up Close & Personal, a Conservation Adventure

The Buddhist Murals in our Chinese Rotunda, some of the largest artifacts in our collection, have be...

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Read Only: Collecting Born-Digital Materials on the Pre-Social Media Web

Little more than a decade ago, the Web was largely a "read-only" medium. It was in this media enviro...

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Oral Histories: George Fletcher Bass

Undersea Discovery! Looking back at 50 years of Nautical Archaeology...

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"Treaty of Renewed Friendship" Signing

Join members and friends of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania at the signing of the "Treaty of Renew...

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Vegetative Roof Capping at Gordion

Dr. Naomi Miller describes the process of soft vegetative roof capping at Gordion in Turkey. In the...

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Penn Museum Summer

Admission to the Penn Museum is just $10 for the month of August. Special Thanks to the West Phila...

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A Minute with Tina Pierce Fragoso

Tina Pierce Fragoso is a member of the Lenni-Lenape Tribe of Bridgeton, New Jersey and Coordinator o...

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A Minute with Marge Bruchac

Dr. Margaret (Marge) Bruchac is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of the Native...

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A Minute with Doug Kiel

Doug Kiel is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept. of History at the University of Pennsylvan...

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A Minute with Oren Lyons, Jr.

On April 16, 2014, Oren Lyons, Jr., world renowned Native American peace activist, Honorary Chairman...

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Great Voyages: Jason and the Golden Fleece thumbnail.

Great Voyages: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania. Searc...

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Lacrosse: Play on, Iroquois Nationals! thumbnail.

Lacrosse: Play on, Iroquois Nationals!

Oren Lyons, Jr., world renowned Native American peace activist, Honorary Chairman of the Iroquois Na...

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Native American Voices —The People Here and Now

Today's Native American Leaders are Speaking. Come and Listen. Visit the Penn Museum 3260 South...

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How to Stage a Bloodbath: Gladiators at the Roman Arena thumbnail.

How to Stage a Bloodbath: Gladiators at the Roman Arena

In this lecture, Dr. Garrett Fagan, Professor of Ancient History, Penn State University, explores th...

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Creating and Conserving Culture in the 21st Century

Brown Bag Lecture - Dr. Samia Rab, Board Member, Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster, Pennsylva...

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Great Voyages: The Odyssey, Nostalgia, and the Lost Home

Homer's tale of the wandering hero has loaned its name to the English language for the very idea of ...

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The Emperor's Clothes: Cotton in Mesoamerica

Annual Maya Symposium - Joanne Baron Voices of the Past: Maya Research Today Scholars, first-time ...

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Hot Pots, Museum Raids, and the Race to Uncover Asia's Archaeological Past thumbnail.

Hot Pots, Museum Raids, and the Race to Uncover Asia's Archaeological Past

Join Dr. White, Director of the Ban Chiang Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, for a t...

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On the Border: Political Cohesion and Conflict in the Late Classic Piedras Negras Environs

Annual Maya Symposium - Whit Schroeder Voices of the Past: Maya Research Today Scholars, first-tim...

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Social Group Differentiation at El Coyote, Honduras

Annual Maya Symposium - David Rogoff Voices of the Past: Maya Research Today Scholars, first-time ...

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