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Khalaf and Hamdya pose with their son Hegar in Sinjar’s old district.

For Yezidi, historic images and cultural restoration

Marc Marín Webb, a Ph.D. candidate in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, has researched the images in the Penn Museum archives and brought them back to Yezidi communities.

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‘Exhibiting Resilience’: Tribal consultation brings modern vision to new museum gallery

The Penn Museum’s new exhibit, “Native North America Gallery: Rooted in Resilience, Resisting Erasure,” is highlighted.

What is the Chinese zodiac? How the ancient calendar shaped life for centuries

Research from Adam Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum looks at the ritual origins of the Chinese zodiac calendar.

Penn Museum to host full day of Lunar New Year festivities

The Penn Museum is celebrating its 45th annual Lunar New Year event at the end of the month.

Intact royal tomb in Turkey dates back 2,800 years to the time of King Midas

C. Brian Rose from the Penn Museum opened a 2,800-year-old tomb in Ankara, Turkey.

Penn Museum opens new interactive exhibit highlighting history of Indigenous peoples

Megan C. Kassabaum of the Penn Museum introduces the new North American Native Gallery.

Penn Museum unveils a new gallery that examines the struggles and resilience of Indigenous nations

The Penn Museum has opened a new gallery spotlighting traditions of Native Americans.

People visiting Penn’s new Native North American Gallery at the Penn Museum.

Native North America Gallery opens at the Penn Museum

In partnership with eight Indigenous consulting curators, the newly renovated 2,000 sq. ft. gallery features more than 250 archaeological, historic, and contemporary items from the Museum’s North American collections.

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(Top row) Jackie Einstein Astrof, Calvin Bland, and Denis Elton Cochran-Fikes; (middle row) James H. Greene, Susan T. Marx, and Jodi L. Miller; (bottom row) Ian A. Seltzer, Liz Theoharis, and Herman Beavers.

Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala

On Nov. 7, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Alumni Social Impact Award, and the Creative Spirit Award, and Herman Beavers will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.

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4,300-year-old tomb was a doorway for the afterlife. Now it’s being reassembled

The Penn Museum is reassembling the Tomb Chapel of Kaipure, a 4,300 year old door to the afterlife that was located in Egypt.

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