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Re: Consider the Mustache

Douglas Smythe — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:48:03 -0000

Great article! Have not seen the Egyptian portrayal of the tache yet.The earliest known record of a moustache dates back to 300BC. It was documented by a portrait of a Scythian man who wore a moustache while riding a horse (Pazyryk Horeseman). This ancient depiction hangs in the State Hermitage Mueseum in St Petersburg today.

here is a link to more on this "oldest depiction" : http://howtogrowamoustache.com...

Cheers!

Re: Mystery solved!

Hadi — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:02:01 -0000

It is in fact a very popular form of calendars we (mainly used to) have in the middle east (Lebanon my case) and they usually contain either a citation or possibly a daily recipe...The photo is very familiar and it feels somehow funny that someone somewhere is trying to figure out what it is :)

Good work

Salam

Re: Guardian Figure from French Gabon [Object of the Day #35]

Job Applications — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:20:39 -0000

Any one know how old the mask is?

Re: How Many Toilet Paper Tubes Will It Take to Operate Penn Museum Summer Camp 2013?

Prema Deshmukh — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:20:33 -0000

Jenn, I love your creative projects from toilet paper tubes. Amazing final product!

Prema Deshmukh

Re: An introduction to our child mummy Tanwa

pennartifactlab — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:12:08 -0000

hi Marie, Thanks for writing and for your question! I have passed this on to our Egyptologists and I will let you know if I find out more about this for you. Unfortunately I don't know anything but I'm hoping I can find someone here at the museum who does. More soon, hopefully!

Re: Ostrich Eggs

gibraltar — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:30:21 -0000

empty because they are water containers

Re: Guardian Figure from French Gabon [Object of the Day #35]

gibraltar — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:28:57 -0000

hahah the mask of the prince!
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Re: An introduction to our child mummy Tanwa

Marie Gilbert — Sat, 04 May 2013 08:07:58 -0000

I love visiting your museum and reading your blogs. I have a question and maybe you have the information there with the child mummy. I did the mummy classes at the Academy of Natural Sciences and was told that one of the scientist had found a child mummy while searching for another item in the Academy's storage area. Is this the child that the Academy sent to U of P many years ago.

Re: Mysteries of Kourion

Milena — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:48:48 -0000

I've been to Kourion twice....love those ruins! It's a magical place....looking forward to know what's inside that object!

Re: Andean Jaguar Effigy Mortar [Object of the Day #56]

Glen Etzkorn — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:46:23 -0000

This is the quintessential design image colors included evidently abstracted on the effigy. Strangely many of the perceptual levels do not require usage of substances and some would disallow accessing some of the perceptual levels. But as for public enjoyments some of perception and the substances would be fun yet serious public enjoyment of a audio-visual synergism.
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Re: National Poetry Month, Week 2

Дана — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:54:50 -0000

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Re: National Poetry Month, Week 3

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Re: National Poetry Month, Week 3

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Re: National Poetry Month, Week 2

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Re: Tawahibre all tied up

pennartifactlab — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:20:53 -0000

Wow-thanks for this great feedback! Thanks Australian paper conservators!!!

Re: Tawahibre all tied up

NatArchAustralia — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:22:05 -0000

Excellent blog! Paper Conservators in Australia say "yay".

Re: Salvaging PUM I’s chest wrappings

pennartifactlab — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:20:36 -0000

Thanks so much! We'll look forward to seeing Sean, Aidan, and Quinn on Thursday!

Re: Salvaging PUM I’s chest wrappings

Granddad 301 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:56:46 -0000

Poor Pum is right! My 3 grandson's (Sean, Aidan and Quinn) will be visiting on Thursday Ap 11th and will be coming to your Artifact Lab at 11:15 to see your careful work and learn more about mummies. Thanks for the good work you do!

Re: A Little Light Reading for the Troops

nome — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:22:57 -0000

thanks for sharing.

Re: We aren’t making mummies…or are we?

Marie Gilbert — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:41:25 -0000

Great article!!!

Re: Penn Museum in Asia

ssww — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:08:04 -0000

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Re: A technical study of a child sarcophagus

pennartifactlab — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:04:09 -0000

hi JP-thanks for your suggestion. I passed this along to Casey and she said that she is going to look into it! best wishes, Molly

Re: A technical study of a child sarcophagus

JP Brown — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:32:58 -0000

CT scan it -- it looks like the piece would easily fit through a medical CT scanner and you'll get a lot more information about construction and wood grain orientation than you have from the X-rays.

Re: Mystery fiber

pennartifactlab — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:12:41 -0000

I also have found no references to the use of sisal in ancient Egypt! Now that I don't think that's what it is, I am looking into other possibilities. I strongly suspect that this is an animal, rather than plant, based fiber.

Re: Mystery fiber

Nesrin El Hadidi — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:03:49 -0000

I never heard that sisal was used in ancient Egypt. You have to check and compare with native Egyptian plants.