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Darwiniana (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Smart Riposte to Intelligent Design By JULIA M. KLEIN August 26, 2008; Philadelphia Modernity and tradition have not always merged seamlessly at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Until recently, Penn’s legendary collections have generally been showcased in old-fashioned, textually dense displays. So a major new traveling exhibition developed by the museum to celebrate...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's multimedia exhibit "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" is a smartly presented argument that the human body is a functional, but far from perfect, product of natural selection.
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
huliq.com The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has built its reputation both as a sponsor of groundbreaking fieldwork, and a center for research and education. It is fitting, then, when developing an exhibition about its 120-plus years of growth and change, the Museum invited Penn students to research and shape the story. PENN IN THE WORLD: Twelve Decades at the University...
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Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 16/04/2008
Look what they've done: Philadelphia declares a whole Year of Evolution , a celebration starting on 19 April. The YEAR OF EVOLUTION kicks off for the public on Saturday, April 19, as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology opens Surviving: The Body of Evidence, a new exhibition which explores the process of evolution and its outcomes. Other public programs so far scheduled...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) Stan Parchin introduces the exhibition, offers background history to the Amarna period, and details about its organization and contents. The review is accompanied by photographs. More than 100 works of art and objects from the capital city of the "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten are expertly described in Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun. This long-term exhibition, on view...
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Pub Crawlin' (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Tonight I’m escaping the cold, driving rain by sitting inside enjoying a Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout(limited bottling - vintage ‘04-’05.) It has a rich, sharp and roasty chocolate flavor. The complexity of chocolate, hops, and a subtle alcohol bite is exciting to the palate, and stimulates my brain to consider the number of lovely chocolate-inspired beers [...]
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Philadelphia Daily News (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
EDNA, the friendly beagle mix who vanished in the Italian Market area on Halloween, is still gone. But the little brown dog is not forgotten by her guardian, Bill Whiting, nor by the thousands of people who have rallied to his side following stories in the Daily News about Edna's disappearance and her torture over the phone by extortionists making ransom demands.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 25/01/2008
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia. “On the highest point of the mountain is a mound [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2007
Eight years ago, it would have been unimaginable. But over brunch on a warm Sunday morning last fall, Micah Mahjoubian leaned over and asked his boss a question.
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2007
This story has generated quite a lot of interest in the UK. International Herald Tribune A court in northern England sentenced an antique dealer to prison Friday for churning out statues, paintings and other art works and passing the sophisticated fakes off as priceless works of art. Judge William Morris sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh, 47, of Bolton, to four years and eight months while giving his mother,...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 29/08/2007
University of Pennsylvania Richard Hodges has been named the Williams Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Hodges will join Penn Oct. 1 from his position as director of the Institute of World Archaeology at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. A world-leading classical and early medieval archaeologist specializing in western Europe, Hodges...
