Volume 61 / Number 1

2019

Spotlight On: The Story of the Tokugawa Lanterns

On The Cover: The Tokugawa lanterns studied by Yoko Nishimura (see page 28) were first displayed at the Zōjōji Temple in Tokyo. The temple is depicted in this Jap- anese woodblock print from 1857—Zojoji Pagoda and Akabane, No. 53 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo—by the artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando). Image from the Library of Congress.

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By: Brian Rose

Portrait: Donald White

One of the Penn Museum’s most prominent archaeologists, Donald White, passed away on November 21 after a tragic car accident. […]

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Museum News

Museum Overseers Welcome New Members At its February 2019 meeting, the Museum Board of Overseers was pleased to welcome two […]

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Member News

Members Celebrate New Exhibition Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display Member events offered special opportunities to enjoy our latest exhibition, […]

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Global Classroom: New From Learning Programs

Museum Staff Judge National History Day On March 13 and 14, Philadelphia hosted National History Day (NHD) as part of […]

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By: Elizabeth G. Hamilton and Joyce C. White

An Abandoned City in Laos: Research Notes

Laos is one of the least archaeologically explored countries in the world, largely because geopolitics of Southeast Asia through much […]

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By: Olivia Hayden

Investigating Metallurgical Knowledge in the Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean: In the Labs

The transformation of raw metal into finished objects consists of an intense cycle of heating, cooling, and hammering, and, when […]

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By: Andrew Williams

Survey in Vayots Dzor, Armenia: From the Field

A team from the University of Pennsylvania, headed by Dr. Peter J. Cobb, recently the Kowalski Family Teaching Specialist at […]

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By: Christina Griffith

The Bear Pipe Bowl: Favorite Object

Most people have a favorite animal that they identify with in some way or in spirit. For me, the bear […]

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By: Michael R. Zimmerman

A Journey Into the Human Body: Studying Mummies to Understand Ancient Disease

As an anthropologist and retired pathologist, Dr. Michael Zimmerman’s research focuses on mummy paleopathology. He details what can be accomplished […]

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By: Yoko Nishimura

The Tale of the Tokugawa Artifacts: Japanese Funerary Lanterns at the Penn Museum

A bronze dedicatory lantern that previously stood at the back of the quiet inner courtyard of the Penn Museum waited […]

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By: Christina Griffith

Halley’s Comet: A Frequent Guest in Earth’s Cosmic Backyard

Every 75 years or so, Halley’s Comet, also known as Comet Halley, passes through Earth’s neighborhood along its orbit. Since […]

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By: Jean Macintosh Turfa

A Comet Shall Shine Forth: A Bronze Belt From an Etruscan Tomb

A depiction of a comet may have been discovered on an artifact in the Museum’s Etruscan collection. This rare narrative […]

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At the Museum

Building Transformation A Sphinx at the Threshold A new Main Entrance Hall, created by the removal of the wide staircase […]

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Gallery Sneak Peak

Africa Galleries They are often called “gold weights,” but they are actually made of brass, cast using the lost wax […]

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By: Julian Siggers

The Sphinx Is On The Move: From the Director

Dear Friends, It is my great pleasure to share the monumental news: our iconic Sphinx of Ramesses II is on […]

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By: Jane Hickman

Sixty Years of Expedition: From the Editor

In the fall of 1958, the first issue of Expedition magazine was published by the Penn Museum. Contents included an […]