Today's featured "Antiquities Alive" exhibit: The Penn Museum (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) will reopen to the public on July 28, 2020! Here's a selection of images I have taken of their marvelous collections!
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Dionysos with lion garden statuary from Latium region of Italy Roman marble |
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Etruscan Sarcophagus 3rd century BCE |
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Mosaic thought to depict Theseus sailing away from the Cretan labyrinth, Utica, Tunisia, First half of the 3rd century CE |
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Roman Theater Mask of a River God from a bath complex in Teano (southern Italy) Flavian Period limestone |
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Recarved image of Ramesses II excavated at Harsaphes, Heracleopolis, Egypt 1897-1843 BCE |
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Gilded Cartonnage Funerary Mask Ptolemaic or Roman Period ancient Egypt |
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Plaster funerary portrait bust of a man from El Kharga (upper) Egypt Roman Period 2nd century CE |
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Painted Pottery Horses Tang Dynasty China 7th to 10th century BCE |
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Guanyin Jin Dynasty (1115-1234 CE or Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE) China Wood overlaid with Gesso |
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Bull-headed lyre recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur Iraq 2550-2450 BCE Gold Lapis Lazuli |
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Famous "ram in the thicket" sculpture recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur, Iraq 2550-2450 BCE |
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Male human statue from Khafaje, Iraq 2600-2350 BCE Alabaster |
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Electrotype copy of a Gold Harp Ornament depicting a bearded bull from the royal cemetery of Ur 2550-2450 BCE |
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Electrotype reproduction of a helmet recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur, Iraq 2550-2450 BCE |
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Famous "ram in the thicket" sculpture recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur, Iraq 2550-2450 BCE
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Terracotta sarcophagus from Beth Shean, northern cemetery, tomb 202 A Iron IA, 1200-1150 BCE |
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Portrait of a Roman matron Sardinia italy 10-20 CE Marble |
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Statuette of Selinus sitting astride a full wineskin |
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Lamp stand with pot-bellied satyr |
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Egun Mask of the Yoruba Culture Nigeria |
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Female Figurine with painted or tattooed body design Ceramic 1 - 500 CE Colima, Mexico |
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Seated Male Figurine Classic Veracruz 500-700 CE Veracruz, Mexico |
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