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09/08/2005 -- PENN MUSEUM CURATOR GREGORY POSSEHL SETS SAIL BESIDE THE RE-CREATED REED BOAT "MAGAN" FOLLOWING HISTORIC TRADE ROUTE JOURNEY FROM OMAN TO INDIA
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08/02/2005 -- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS GRANT FOR CONSERVATION OF ANCIENT SUMERIAN METAL OBJECTS FROM INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
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Artifacts are Part of Famous Museum Collection from the Site of Ur and the Royal Tombs at Ur in Iraq
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01/31/2005 -- ASIAN SECTION CURATOR GREGORY POSSEHL NAMED HONORARY FELLOW OF THE INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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01/06/2005 -- PENN MUSEUM'S TIWANAKU ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT BEGINS GROUNDBREAKING NEW EFFORT TO COLLECT DETAILED SUBSURFACE DATA ON THIS ENIGMATIC WORLD HERITAGE SITE WITH 1.05 MILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COLLABORATIVE GRANT
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Penn School of Engineering Joins Forces with Penn Museum, External Collaborators to Develop New Prototype Data Retrieval Systems for Archaeological Sites
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01/01/2005 -- 9,000-YEAR HISTORY OF CHINESE FERMENTED BEVERAGES CONFIRMED BY PENN MUSEUM ARCHAEOCHEMIST AND AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF SCHOLARS
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08/10/2004 -- PENN MUSEUM’S ANCIENT OLYMPICS EXPERT DAVID GILMAN ROMANO TO OFFER “THEN AND NOW” PERSPECTIVE ON DAILY WEB JOURNAL FROM 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATHENS, GREECE
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03/25/2004 -- ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER EVIDENCE THAT COURTIERS WERE SACRIFICED TO ACCOMPANY EARLY EGYPTIAN KINGS INTO THE AFTERLIFE
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Dig at Abydos Yields Important Discoveries About Egypt's First Dynasty
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03/25/2004 -- PENN MUSEUM AWARDED THREE-YEAR, $301,000 GRANT
FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES

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01/16/2004 -- INDUS CIVILIZATION PUBLICATION BY UPM CURATOR GREGORY POSSEHL IS WINNER OF 2003 CHOICE MAGAZINE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK
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12/09/2003 -- Encyclopedia Britannica Lists UPM's "Origins and Ancient History of Wine" as One of the 'Web's Best Sites!'
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