During the last 35 years Dr. C Brian Rose has had the good fortune to direct or co-direct excavations at two legendary sites in Turkey–-Troy and Gordion. Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1998; Gordion is being considered by UNESCO for World Heritage Status this year. Dr. Rose was involved […]
Saturday, October 15 Dr. Luigi Prada Asst. Professor of Egyptology, Uppsala University (Sweden) "If a crocodile has sex with her, she will die swiftly": Dreams and Divination in Ancient Egypt” 3:30pm Classroom L2 , Penn Museum Abstract In the ancient world, the Egyptians had a reputation for excelling in divination, the practice of gaining knowledge about […]
Lecture by Catherine Baker, Bryn Mawr College From the chipped corners of an ancient die to the mortar on a reused inscription, artifacts tell stories. Archaeologists reconstruct these object biographies, […]
