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Category Archives: Middle East
Making Peace with the War
Kitschy carpets from Afghanistan unravel the mystery of a transforming rug market Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Brian Spooner, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, war rugs
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Through Nubian Eyes, Part II
Archaeologist Geoff Emberling sees the beauty in a culturally diverse land that has yet to be fully understood Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Middle East
Tagged archaeology, Egypt, Geoff Emberling, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, ISAW, Jennifer Chi, Nubia, pottery, Sudan
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Through Nubian Eyes, Part I
This spring’s ISAW exhibition looks at a distinct African civilization on its own terms Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Egypt, Geoff Emberling, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, ISAW, Jennifer Chi, Nubia, pottery, Sudan
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Survivor: Dig Site
Three men, one excavation, and a century-old scandal in the mudflats of southern Iraq Continue reading
Posted in Middle East
Tagged archaeology, cuneiform tablets, Hermann Vollrath Hilprecht, Iraq, John Henry Haynes, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman Empire, photography, Robert G. Ousterhout, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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The Power of Loose Change
Ancient coins may provide a new date for the Roman mosaic from Lod, Israel Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Christopher Lightfoot, Israel, Lod, Metropolitan Museum of Art, mosaic, Roman
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