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New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum
half dozen people in a museum gallery

Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening a new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in its building transformation.

New Eastern Mediterranean Gallery opens at the Penn Museum

Featuring 400 objects that span a period of 4,000 years, the Penn Museum is opening its new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery, the latest step in a multi-year building transformation.
Archaeologists restoring an ancient ISIS-destroyed monument in Mosul just found seven incredibly preserved Assyrian carvings buried beneath it

Archaeologists restoring an ancient ISIS-destroyed monument in Mosul just found seven incredibly preserved Assyrian carvings buried beneath it

Michael Danti of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses his team’s restoration of the iconic Mashki Gate in Iraq and their uncovering of ancient Assyrian slabs, with support from Mosul University and the Penn Museum.