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Penn Museum's Mesoamerican collections include objects from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica. The American Section's ethnographic collections from Mesoamerica include strong collections of masks, ceramics, and textiles from Guatemala , and very small collections from Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica ...
"Project Tikal", as it was named at the time, was first proposed by the University of Pennsylvania in 1949. [3] Founded on May 26, 1955, Tikal National Park was established under government decree by the Ministry of Education, via the Instituto de Antropología e Historia, advised by Dr. Adolfo Molina Orantes and under the government of Carlos Castillo Armas.
The museum was founded in 2000 as part of the Centro Cultural La Azotea. The exhibition covers all stages of coffee production including cultivation, harvest, roasting and trade. The collection includes milling machines from different parts of the world.
Professor Richard L. Zettler in the Penn Museum. Richard L. Zettler (born 1949) is an American archaeologist of Early Bronze-Age Mesopotamia, with special interests in urban development and the organization of complex societies.
A man walks past the The Penn Museum, part of the University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
The museum has more than 842 square meters of exhibition space, containing artwork from the pre-colonial, colonial, and Republican period and spanning more than 3,000 years. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Some of the oldest pieces in the museum's collection come from the archeological sites at Tikal National Park (in Petén Department ) and Takalik Abaj ...
Sharer, Robert J. and David W. Sedat (1987) Archaeological Investigations in the Northern Maya Highlands, Guatemala: Interaction and the Development of Maya Civilization. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Shook, Edwin M. (1951) The Present Status of Research on the Preclassic Horizons in Guatemala.
A $2,495,000 price tag for a condo is steep. Even in downtown Washington, D.C., you'd think the price would include some artwork to enjoy while knocking around its 3,700 square feet. The condo at ...