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Issue 30

Richard Hodges, our regular columnist has recently been appointed Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, America. This is one of the world's great museums, sending out expeditions to every corner of the globe. So when Richard proposed a special issue of Current World Archaeology, devoted to the work of Penn Museum (as it is known for short), we leapt at the opportunity to report on some of the world's most impressive archaeological projects.
Penn Museum was founded on a grandiose scale in the 1880s, and we open the issue with a review of its rollercoaster history. We then follow with two features on the great civilization of the Maya of Mesoamerica. This is an area in which Penn has taken a particular interest. Already in the 1950s and '60s, they busied themselves at glorious Tikal (our cover shot). Currently, they are digging at Cop

Issue 30

CWA 30

Penn Museum was founded on a grandiose scale in the 1880s, and we open the issue with a review of its rollercoaster…

Issue 30/Features/Turkey

Troy

Penn's Prof. Brian Rose takes us to Troy, the site he has excavated for the past 20 years…

Issue 30/Features/USA

A Brief History of Penn

Introducing Penn Museum, then and now…

Issue 30/Features/Maya

Copan

Excavations beneath Copán have unearthed unexpected information about this powerful Maya site.…

Issue 30/Features/Maya

Deciphering the Ancient Maya

Simon Martin on cracking the all-important Maya code…

Issue 30/Features/Syria

City of Sweyhat

How did the city of Sweyhat thrive in the Mesopotamian outback?…

Issue 30/Features/Greece

The Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lycaion

David Gilman Romano reports on Zeus' cultic site, with its mountain-top ash alter, famed throughout Ancient Greek…

Issue 30/Features/Laos

Digging in the Middle Mekong Basin

Until recently, the Middle Mekong Basin has been terra incognita, archaeologically speaking. Now, a team is revealing its past.…

Issue 30/Features/USA

Reinventing Penn Museum

Richard Hodges The Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, considers the Museum's future…

Issue 30/Fiji

Migration period Lapita settlement found in Fiji

Though huge distances separate the islands of Fiji from the nearest continents, the Lapita people made the 3,000km journey around 1100BC…

Issue 30/France

Caesar’s bust and an ancient Iranian gold cup

Archaeologists make a surprise find on the bed of the River Rhône…

Issue 30/Greece

Women’s Equality in Ancient Greece

Finds from Mycenae are altering our view of the role of women in ancient Greek society…

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