Pam Kosty

PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will spotlight Turkey in Turkish Delight! from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, May 3.

PHILADELPHIA -– The preservation of ancient Maya sites, efforts to sustain modern Maya cultural traditions and the need to conserve vanishing tropical forests and coastal environments are all are on the agenda April 11-13 when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology colla

PHILADELPHIA –- The 200th anniversary in February 2009 of the birth of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution, is just months away.

SURVIVING: THE BODY OF EVIDENCE OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM IN APRIL 2008: New National Science Foundation Funded Traveling Exhibition Focuses on the Process of Human Evolution and Its Outcomes *****

PHILADELPHIA - C. Brian Rose, curator-in-charge of the Mediterranean Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and professor of archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, has been elected president of the Archaeological Institute of America.  

PHILADELPHIA- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers its annual Darwin Day and Evolution Teach-In on Feb. 11 from 1 to 5 p.m.  The free event is being held in honor of the 198th birthday of Charles Darwin, originator of the modern theory of evolution.

PHILADELPHIA  The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ushers in the Year of the Pig Saturday, Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with its 26th annual Chinese New Year Celebration.

PHILADELPHIA Award-winning photojournalist Joan S. Klatchko has spent the last 15 years traveling from Cambodia to Australia, from Belize to France to Uganda in a photographic journey to document cultural differences and explore similarities that connect children, cultures and countries across the world.

PHILADELPHIA- Archaeology, museum and conservation leaders from Afghanistan will come together at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on April 22 to discuss the state of their nation cultural heritage at a day-long public symposium.  

PHILADELPHIA, PA 2006Eric Rothschild, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, will offer an insider perspective on this highly publicized intelligent-design case in a special talk, "Intelligent Design Meets the First Amendment," Monday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.