A Native American adolescent’s skull at the Penn Museum moves closer home
The Museum has established the deceased's tribal heritage and is proceeding with the steps toward repatriating the remains.
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Penn archaeologists help uncover 3,600-year-old tomb of Egyptian pharaoh
The burial chamber for the unnamed ruler was found in January in a sacred city where little is known about its ancient ...
After hiding in plain sight for 50 years, a ‘new’ museum opens in Philadelphia
In a corner of Temple University’s campus, a hidden trove of artifacts has gathered dust for almost 50 years, rarely seen by ...
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Penn Museum to return 19th century skull of Indigenous child to tribe leaders in Maine
Penn Museum said the Wabanaki child's remains were found to have connections to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Mi'kmaq Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township and Pleasant Point ...
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Penn Museum, collaborators host Holi celebration featuring music, dance, and storytelling
to celebrate Holi on March 15. To bring the festivities to life, the Penn Museum collaborated with Three Aksha, a Philadelphia-based dance company "dedicated to preserving and promoting Indian culture ...
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The Penn Museum Presents Preserving Assyria
Modern tech meets an ancient world The tablets visitors see at Penn Museum are 3D printed recreations, in keeping with contemporary practice of leaving artifacts in the culture to which they belong.
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Penn Museum makes strides in Buddhist mural conservation project
Penn Museum has made strides in conserving and renewing the artistic and cultural legacies of two Buddhist murals, both of ...
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Don't overlook the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, an archaeological and anthropological museum that highlights the human experience through more than a million artifacts from Asia, Africa ...