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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
State Museum of Pennsylvania Anthropology and Archaeology Gallery Tour
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is committed to education and sharing information about the Commonwealth's vast and fascinating history. Hundreds of archaeological sites have been excavated in Pennsylvania. Investigations have explored habitation sites representing more than 16,000 years of prehistory, back to the time of the last Ice Age, when wooly elephants and saber-toothed tigers roamed the landscape. This video introduces you to The State Museum's Anthropology and Archaeology Gallery and the incredible variety of cultures that formerly occupied our state. Exhibits illustrate archaeological methods of excavation and artifact analysis as well as the results of over 75 years of research.
Enjoy the show and schedule a visit to The State Museum of Pennsylvania for an in-depth look at our archaeological heritage.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Between the masks and the mummies and the beautiful architecture dwells a world of mystery, ancient cultures, secrets from the past, and great empires abound at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Located at 3260 South Street, Philadelphia. I happen to be finding myself at the University of Pennsylvania a lot lately. I visited the Institute of Modern Art ( a few weeks ago and last week I visited the Penn Museum. If you are in Philadelphia and you are looking for something interesting to do, check out the Penn Museum.
Karen Performance at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Karen Community of Philadelphia perform a song and two dances to share their Karen culture at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 6/23/11, Mummies
Mummies Up Close: Inside the Penn Museum's Artifact Lab
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's Artifact Lab is an open laboratory where museum visitors get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of conservators at work.
Molly Gleeson, the Artifact Lab's project conservator, shares some of her current projects. Everything contains a bit of mystery--like the Egyptian Shabti dolls and box (on long-term loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art) and a very fragile pre-dynastic mummy.
The Ubaid Skeleton at the Penn Museum
Scientists at the Penn Museum have re-discovered an important find in their own storage rooms, a complete human skeleton about 6,500 years old.
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Inside Look At Penn Museum's New Ancient Egypt Display
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display opens to the public Saturday.
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A video produced by the Penn Museum dealing with Archaeology.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 6/23/11, Egyptian Stuff
The guy at Admissions couldn't have been any nicer! The air conditioning was out in a few halls, making it unpleasantly warm. Great Egyptian stuff!
The Keating Site : A prehistoric site
The video, as narrated by Patricia Stahlman, an archaeologist with Allegheny Archaeological Research, features the Keating Site (36MC0127). This archaeological site was discovered prior to the construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Keating Township, McKean County. The Keating Site, eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, is a prehistoric site dating possibly from the Early Archaic Period to the Late Woodland Period, a time frame extending from 7,000 B.C. to A.D. 1,500. Produced during archaeological excavations in 2015, this video highlights the site and provides insight on the overall importance of archaeological investigation.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 6/23/11, Hall and Sphynx
We actually saw some bratty teenaged girl, about 12, repeatedly touch the stones! Anywhere else, someone would have told her that it was wrong; here Security is not as attentive to matters as it could be.
THE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD
List about tHE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD
In this list about tHE BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD you can find:
14. University of Pennsylvania
13. Cornell University
12. California Institute of Technology
11. University of Tokyo
10. Columbia University
9. University of Toronto
8. University of California, Berkeley
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. Princeton University
5. Stanford University
4. Yale University
3. Oxford University
2. University of Cambridge
1. Harvard University
15. Johns Hopkins University
Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins University was the first in the United States dedicated specifically to research. It was created thanks to the donation of 7 million dollars by a railroad matador, who died single and left a will specifying what should be done with his money after his death. Their wishes came true and more than 30 Nobel Prize winners in Medicine and Chemistry have mainly graduated from this University. As a curiosity, Dr. House obtained his specialty in this university according to the famous series.
14. University of Pennsylvania
In 1740 a group of Philadelphia statesmen came together to build a large room for the preaching of an evangelist, but they fell short of funds and that was when Benjamin Franklin transformed it into a new academic institution. Currently, it covers almost 1,000 hectares and houses more than 20,000 students. It has an important Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, and among its most famous conservators is the archaeologist who led the Mayan excavations of Tikal, in Guatemala.
13. Cornell University
This private University of New York contains a total of seven faculties of which three are concerted. At present it is the university of the USA from which a greater number of doctorate graduates comes out. It has a high budget for research and 40 Nobel Prize winners are linked to the university as students or teachers. As a curiosity, it has a long tradition in beekeeping and a specific library related to that topic.
12. California Institute of Technology
One of the most modern universities, founded in 1921, emerged with the aim of expanding human knowledge for the benefit of society through research. His motto is 'the truth will make you free'. Located in Pasadena, California has 31 Nobel prizes among students and teachers. Control and direct the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA. It also has an interesting program with social, cultural and sports activities with the aim of enriching staff and academically to their students.
11. University of Tokyo
Known as Todai, the University of Tokyo is the only non-English university placed among the top 10 in the world. It has five campuses distributed in Tokyo and currently has 28,000 students, including two hospitals to cover such a large population. The writer Sánchez Dragó has been a professor of foreign languages at such a prestigious university and many emblematic Japanese have graduated from one of its 10 faculties.
10. Columbia University
On the island of Manhattan, the campus of Columbia University is located. Called thus in honor of Christopher Columbus, this university founded in 1754 had among its students three US presidents and five of the country's fathers. Columbia can boast of having 40 winners of the Nobel Prize, 101 Pulitzer or 30 Oscar, being the one with the largest number in the world. Some of them are JD Salinger, Isaac Asimov, Art Garfunkel or Ed Harris. Annually delivers the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
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The Archaeology of American Cities
Nan A. Rothschild and Diana diZerega Wall Book Talk
The Archaeology of American Cities
New York has been built, altered, redeveloped, destroyed, reimagined, and rebuilt for centuries. When new construction projects require digging, literally, into the city’s past, urban archeologists are presented with the challenging problems of reconstructing from limited data, a picture of the material culture of the past and of the social forces that drive urban development.
At the forefront of this academic discipline, Professors Nan Rothschild and Diana Wall introduce their fascinating field of research to a broad readership. Focusing on case studies of work undertaken in New York, Philadelphia, Tucson, West Oakland, The Archaeology of American Cities uses the material culture of former centuries to highlight recurring themes that reflect distinctive characteristics of urban life in the United States.
Nan A. Rothschild, director of the Museum Studies Program and professor of anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University, is the author of three books, including New York City Neighborhoods: The 18th Century.
Diana diZerega Wall, professor of anthropology at the City College of the City University of New York, is the author of The Archaeology of Genderand the coauthor of Unearthing Gotham.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania was born in the mind of none other than American statesman, inventor, and philosopher Benjamin Franklin. U Penn has, fittingly, always reflected Franklin's innovative spirit, combining intellectual daring with down-to-earth practicality and a commitment to the public good. This video was filmed entirely on site at University of Pennsylvania.
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Researchers at Philadelphia's Penn Museum have re-discovered a 6,500-year-old human skeleton inside
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An archaeology museum in Philadelphia has made an extraordinary find -- in its own storage rooms.
The Penn Museum announced Tuesday that it has rediscovered a 6,500-year-old human skeleton. The remains were originally excavated from southern Iraq around 1930.
Officials say the rare specimen was identified during efforts to digitize the museum's collection. They believe it's a man at least 50 years-old who stood about 5 feet, 9 inches tall.
University of Pennsylvania researchers working with a team from the British Museum first unearthed the remains at the site of Ur, an ancient city near modern-day Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE'-ah).
Scientists hope a skeletal analysis will reveal more about the population's diet, stresses and ancestral origins.
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