Video Category: Lecture

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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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 thumbnail.

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 thumbnail.

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 thumbnail.

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 thumbnail.

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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Razing the Roof: Acts of Purposeful Destruction in and around the Belize River Valley thumbnail.

Razing the Roof: Acts of Purposeful Destruction in and around the Belize River Valley

Annual Maya Symposium - Sarah Kurnick Voices of the Past: Maya Research Scholars, first-time visit...

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Modern Maya and the Future of Maya Heritage

Modern Maya and the Future of Maya Heritage; Richard M. Leventhal, Curator, American Section; Direct...

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Preserving Iraq's Cultural Heritage thumbnail.

Preserving Iraq's Cultural Heritage

Dr. C. Brian Rose, Mediterranean Section Curator, explains historic and current efforts to preserve ...

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Great Voyages: Thor Heyerdahl and Kon Tiki: A Grand Experiment in Archaeology thumbnail.

Great Voyages: Thor Heyerdahl and Kon Tiki: A Grand Experiment in Archaeology

Scholars have long debated the possibility of long distance travel between continents and its impact...

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Insights Into Indigenous Archaeology

As part of the opening celebration for the Exhibition Opening Native American Voices: The People—...

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Young Friends Valentine Event: Blurred Lines - The Secret Side of the Collections, Part II thumbnail.

Young Friends Valentine Event: Blurred Lines - The Secret Side of the Collections, Part II

The Young Friends of the Penn Museum invite you to their annual Valentine's Day event. This year, Dr...

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Young Friends Valentine Event: Blurred Lines - The Secret Side of the Collections

The Young Friends of the Penn Museum invite you to their annual Valentine's Day event. This year, Dr...

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The Monuments Men: Lessons for the 21st Century thumbnail.

The Monuments Men: Lessons for the 21st Century

The Penn Museum hosts this special evening program in the Museum's Rainey Auditorium. The program fe...

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Individuality within Regularity:  Visualizing Roman Design in North Africa thumbnail.

Individuality within Regularity: Visualizing Roman Design in North Africa

Architectural historians and archaeologists have an embarrassment of riches with Roman North Africa;...

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Preserving Heritage is Good Local Business: Saving Sites with Economic Development thumbnail.

Preserving Heritage is Good Local Business: Saving Sites with Economic Development

Archaeological research and preservation have traditionally brought few economic benefits to the loc...

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Recent Excavations at Gordion, Royal City of Midas thumbnail.

Recent Excavations at Gordion, Royal City of Midas

Located approximately 100 km southwest of Ankara, Gordion was continually inhabited for nearly 4000 ...

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Fieldwork at South Abydos, Egypt thumbnail.

Fieldwork at South Abydos, Egypt

Excavations of the Museum's Egyptian Section took place during the winter of 2012-13 and recently du...

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Great Voyages: Gilgamesh: Journeys to the End of the World thumbnail.

Great Voyages: Gilgamesh: Journeys to the End of the World

Steve Tinney, Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Pennsylvani...

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Douglas G. Lovell, Jr., Annual

Douglas G. Lovell, Jr., Annual "Reports from the Field" 2013

Penn Museum researchers share their findings from work conducted at various archaeological sites. Sp...

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Great Voyages: Traveler's Tips from the 14th Century: The Detours of Ibn Battuta thumbnail.

Great Voyages: Traveler's Tips from the 14th Century: The Detours of Ibn Battuta

Paul Cobb, Professor, Islamic History, University of Pennsylvania presents Traveler's Tips from the ...

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Pompeii Lecture Series: Life and Death in Herculaneum thumbnail.

Pompeii Lecture Series: Life and Death in Herculaneum

Dr. Janet Monge, Curator-in-Charge, Physical Anthropology Section, speaks. On a hot summer day in th...

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Expedition Circle and Loren Eiseley Society Members: Annual Curators' Party thumbnail.

Expedition Circle and Loren Eiseley Society Members: Annual Curators' Party

Expedition Circle and Loren Eiseley Society members are invited to a panel discussion with leading P...

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Ancestors of Aphrodite: The Prastio Mesorotsos Archaeological Expedition thumbnail.

Ancestors of Aphrodite: The Prastio Mesorotsos Archaeological Expedition

Long-lived archaeological sites in Cyprus are rare; however, the rural site of Prastio Mesorotsos sh...

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Mascots, Tokens and Targets: Ending 'Native' Stereotypes and False Personalities in Sports thumbnail.

Mascots, Tokens and Targets: Ending 'Native' Stereotypes and False Personalities in Sports

Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) is a writer, curator, policy advocate and president...

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Great Voyages: Ferdinand Magellan, 'Our One True Guide': The First Circumnavigation of the Globe thumbnail.

Great Voyages: Ferdinand Magellan, 'Our One True Guide': The First Circumnavigation of the Globe

Magellan's circumnavigation was a complex event—a feat of navigation and exploration that also saw...

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Pompeii Lecture Series: Mount Vesuvius in Human History thumbnail.

Pompeii Lecture Series: Mount Vesuvius in Human History

The Pompeii Lecture Series, presented in conjunction with the Franklin Institute's new "A Day in Pom...

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If He Could Talk! The Amazing Story of the Colossal Sphinx of Ramses at the Penn Museum thumbnail.

If He Could Talk! The Amazing Story of the Colossal Sphinx of Ramses at the Penn Museum

Guests are invited to join Penn Museum Egyptologists and staff to celebrate the Sphinx! There will b...

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