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MuseumsSite Name: Penn Museum Alternative Name: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Country: United States
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Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Philadelphia
Latitude: 39.949510N  Longitude: 75.191284W
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Penn Museum submitted by Flickr : The Golden Age of King Midas at the Penn Museum Image copyright: Global Philadelphia Association, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia owns about one million objects of archaeological and anthropological interest. Mayan steles, Roman mosaics, ritual masks from the northwest of North America, African musical instruments, a full scale Japanese temple, Islamic tiled fountains, Polynesian bark cloth, and the obligatory Egyptian mummies are just a small selection of what you can see there.

Its collection is renowned. You may have seen some of its pieces illustrating your college archaeology and anthropology texts. Unfortunately at any given time some of its finest and most famous pieces may be out on a traveling exhibition. For example, objects, including the world famous, carved Assyrian relief panel from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud, jewelry from the Royal Cemetery of Ur, a famed head of Gudea, and an inlaid column from Tell al Ubaid are now on exhibit as part of a larger collection at the Beijing World Art Museum. Don't worry, however--whenever you go, there will be plenty of fascinating things on view.

If you have an interest in cultures of the past and are in Philadelphia, don't miss this museum!

Address: 3260 South St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-4000
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Note: Treasures from Turkey exhibition premiers at Penn Museum in Philadelphia
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Treasures from Turkey in World Premiere Exhibition at Penn Museum by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 10 February 2016
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"The Golden Age of King Midas" - Exclusive World Premiere Exhibition Explores Famous Ruler and his Times, Opens February 13, 2016 at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

What was behind the legendary story of King Midas and his golden touch?

That is the question that will be answered—not with chests full of gold, but with a spectacular array of specially-loaned ancient artifacts from the Republic of Turkey, keys to telling the true story of a very real, very powerful ruler of the Phrygian kingdom in what is now central Turkey. The Golden Age of King Midas , an exclusive, world premiere exhibition developed by the Penn Museum, 3260 South Street in Philadelphia, in partnership with the Republic of Turkey, runs February 13 through November 27, 2016.

King Midas lived in the prosperous city of Gordion circa 750-700 BCE, ruling Phrygia and influencing neighboring kingdoms, from Assyria and Urartu, to the city-states of North Syria, Lydia, Greece, and beyond. He likely reigned during the time in which Homer’s Iliad was first written down. It was indeed a golden age.

Archaeologists from the Penn Museum (the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) have been excavating at the important ancient site of Gordion—and making international headlines with their discoveries—since 1950. This rich site, a cross-roads of many cultures over time, offers insight into thousands of years of history, but it is best known as the political and cultural capital of the Phrygians, a people who dominated much of what is now Turkey nearly 3,000 years ago. With its monumental architecture and a series of wealthy tombs belonging to Phrygian royalty and elites, Gordion is the premiere archaeological site for discovering the unique material achievements of the once great Phrygian civilization.

In 1957, the Penn Museum excavated a spectacular tomb, the Tumulus MM (Midas Mound), the largest of about 120 man-made mounds of earth, clay, and stone used to mark important burials at Gordion. Dated to about 740 BCE, it is believed to be the final resting place of King Midas’ father Gordias. The archaeologists entered the tomb, the oldest standing wooden building in the world, and beheld an extraordinary sight: the skeleton of a king in what was left of a cedar coffin, surrounded by all the bronze bowls, serving vessels, wooden tables, and food remains from an extensive funeral banquet.

Now housed in Turkish Museums in Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya, and Gordion, most of these extraordinary artifacts have never before traveled to the United States. For the first time, about 120 objects from Turkey, primarily from Tumulus MM and hand selected by exhibition curator Dr. C. Brian Rose, Penn Museum’s Gordion Archaeological Project Director, come to Philadelphia for this exclusive, limited-time engagement. One additional highlight of the exhibit will be an ivory lion tamer figurine on loan from the Delphi Archaeological Museum; it probably formed part of a throne dedicated by Midas to Apollo in the late eighth century BCE. Artifacts from nearby kingdoms, drawn from the Penn Museum’s own international collection, supplement the exhibition and tell the broader story of a golden age presided over by a legendary king.

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Video talk with slides: Great Riddles: El Dorado in the Americas by Andy B on Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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Great Riddles in Archaeology Lecture Series
El Dorado in the Americas: A Wild Dream or Actual Fact?

Conquistadors, explorers, treasure hunters, and many others have long sought the famed El Dorado or Golden City. Throughout history, elaborate stories and myths have circulated about the existence of such a place and bits of evidence have been assembled to attempt to prove its reality. Dr. Clark Erickson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, explores the origins of El Dorado, the complex narratives that circulate, and the historical, ethnographic, and archaeological information that may help us understand the popularity of the concept of El Dorado through time.
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MAYA 2012: Lords of Time exhibition, May 5, 2012 - January 13, 2013 by Andy B on Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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MAYA 2012: Lords of Time exhibition, May 5, 2012 - January 13, 2013

MAYA 2012 leads visitors on a journey through the Maya’s time-ordered universe, expressed through their intricate calendar systems, and the power wielded by their divine kings, the astounding “lords of time.” Visitors explore the Maya world through interactive experiences and walk among sculptures and full-sized replicas of major monuments.

The exhibition features over 100 remarkable objects including artifacts recently excavated by Penn Museum archaeologists from the site of Copan, Honduras.

Visitors will follow the rise and fall of Copan, moving across the centuries to discover how Maya ideas about time and the calendar have changed up to the present day. Contemporary Maya speak to their own heritage and concerns for the future. MAYA 2012 uncovers a history and culture far richer and surprising than commonly supposed.

Tickets are now available online. Museum members see it free.

Museum hours during the MAYA 2012: Lords of Time exhibition are Tuesday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Wednesday, 10:00 am to 8:00 pm; and Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

More details at
http://www.penn.museum/upcoming-exhibits/995-maya-2012-lords-of-time.html

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Re: Penn Museum by coldrum on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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Daily blog tracks Penn’s archaeological research in Laos

As director of Penn Museum's Middle Mekong Archaeological Project in Laos, Joyce C. White, Associate Curator and archaeologist, is currently leading an excavation at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Luang Prabang. The project’s mission is to investigate the prehistory of the region, which has until now been untouched by modern archaeology.

The team’s progress is being documented by a daily blog written and posted by Amy Ellsworth, Penn Museum’s digital media developer. Her posts, which began on Jan. 1, will continue through Jan. 17. The blog has so far chronicled the discovery of what appears to be a burial pot from the Iron Age, around 2000 BCE, as well as two bones thought to be human and a piece of skull.

The archaeological team is focusing on a cave called Tham An Mah, once used as a Buddhist temple. When White leaves later this month, the project will be handed over to the Laos people to maintain and continue research. Read the daily blog at http://middlemekong.wordpress.com.

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/latestnews/010710-2.html
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Re: Penn Museum by Aluta on Monday, 10 November 2008
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New exhibit on the Lenape, including a picture of a stone cairn in Pennsylvania.

See exhibit info here.

Article mentioning the stone cairn is here.
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