Tag Archives: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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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Survivor: Dig Site
Three men, one excavation, and a century-old scandal in the mudflats of southern Iraq Continue reading
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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 Original Social Network
Mummies and artifacts from the Silk Road show how connected we once were Continue reading