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New Penn Museum exhibit adds context to Jewish history

The new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery at the Penn Museum expands the context of Jewish history, with quotes from Director Christopher Woods and Lauren Ristvet of the School of Arts & Sciences.

Penn Museum unveils a new look at the ancient Mediterranean world

Virginia Herrmann, Joanna Smith, and Director Christopher Woods of the Penn Museum discuss the history behind the artifacts of the new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery.

A new gallery at Penn Museum relooks at Eastern Mediterranean history

The Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, “Crossroads of Culture,” seeks to highlight the social, commercial, and political innovations of countries like Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria.

New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum

Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in a multi-year building transformation.

Fragments of history from the Penn Museum’s new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

The Penn Museum will open its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery this weekend, featuring live musical performances, workshops, and pop-up talks alongside approximately 400 artifacts.

New archaeological discoveries in Iraq uncover questions of community ownership

Michael Danti of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum says that the reliefs uncovered at Mashki Gate are revolutionary for Assyrian sculpture in the way that they portray space.

People gathered around artifacts pointing

Multidisciplinary panel highlights role of the arts in human flourishing

At a panel event held Saturday, Oct. 22, Penn leaders from the arts and humanities, nursing, psychology, and neuroscience gathered to discuss the role of the arts in healing and flourishing.

Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists uncover 2,700-year-old artifacts, after destruction by ISIS

Michael Danti and Christopher Woods of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum and Richard Zettler of the Museum discuss their recent discovery of ancient Assyrian reliefs in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Maya activist Cristina Coc speaks into a microphone on the Perry World House stage

Decolonize the future: Defending Indigenous rights and lands

Three Maya activists from Belize spoke with Richard M. Leventhal about the challenges and progress they’ve made on land rights in recent years.

World Heritage—too much of a good thing?

PIK Professor Lynn Meskell, also of the Penn Museum, joins a radio conversation to discuss how the World Heritage Convention has become a victim of its own success.

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