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Penn Museum to license online tool developed by Barnes Foundation that provides up-close look at artifacts

The Penn Museum has partnered with the Barnes Foundation to license an online tool that lets users get up-close and personal with some of its artifacts, featuring four virtual sessions on ancient history from Penn faculty, scholars, and field experts.

Sierra Williams standing on a stairway in a library.

Researching cultural heritage at the Penn Museum

Aiming for a career in the museum field, Sierra Williams, a rising third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, is working on a research study at the Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center through the Summer Humanities Internship Program.

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Evidence suggesting a second mass grave of Irish railroad workers is unearthed in Downingtown

Forensic anthropologists at the Penn Museum have helped uncover the cause of death for Irish railroad workers in a mass grave site.

Archaeologists found a 2,700-year-old tomb. It may be home to King Midas’s family

Brian Rose of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum discusses the excavation of a tomb in Turkey related to King Midas’s dynasty.

Students share Juneteenth history at Penn Museum forum

Thousands of Philadelphia students demonstrated their knowledge of Black history during a Juneteenth event at the Penn Museum.

Archaeologists discover 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey

Penn Museum archaeologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey.

Archeologists uncover royal tomb tied to the real King Midas

Penn Museum researchers in collaboration with the Turkish government have found a preserved royal tomb chamber with ties to King Midas, featuring remarks from C. Brian Rose of the School of Arts & Sciences.

A Philadelphia glass artist has made a secular sanctuary for the ages

In a Q&A, Judith Schaechter discusses her creation of a stained glass piece as artist in residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, directed by Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Archaelogists performing a dig in Egypt.

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists unearth a 3,600-year-old tomb from the lost Abydos dynasty

The excavation will continue through 2025, which includes protection, site management, and conservation of the structures. "This discovery is a new window to understanding the origins of the enigmatic Abydos Dynasty,” says Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator of the Egyptian Section and professor of Egyptian Archaeology.

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Archaeologists uncover an ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to a mystery king

“It’s a very sort of mysterious, enigmatic dynasty that seems to have basically been sort of forgotten from the ancient records of Egypt,” says Josef Wagner of the Penn Museum and School of Arts & Sciences in discussing an Egyptian king’s tomb discovered by Penn archaeologists.

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