The Museum Journal
Originally published from 1910–1935, the Museum Journal includes articles which may not reflect the current views and values of the Penn Museum.
The scope and purpose of the Journal make it a standard publication of merit, containing much information regarding exploration and kindred topics which cannot be had elsewhere... It will relate the history of expeditions in the field and give descriptions of all new acquisitions.
The Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Expedition
The Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Expedition took place over the course of several decades, and spanned a multitude of archaeological sites. Among these locations include Memphis, Giza, Meydum, Thebes, and Dendereh, with many of the excavations lead by Alan Rowe and Clarence Fisher. In addition to furnishing significant information on the history, culture, and funerary practices of this critical transitional period in Egyptian civilization, these excavations provided the Penn Museum with a wealth of important artifacts, including ceramics and other funerary offerings, inscribed stelae, and a variety of architectural elements from the tombs.
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Expedition to Beth Shean
Beth Shean was to be the first major excavation in the Near East after World War I. Work began with cutting into the medieval and classical strata of the tell’s high southern platform, which uncovered evidence of an Ummayadqasr-type (palace or mansion) walled enclosure, an unusual Byzantine round church, and seven Byzantine houses. Investigations expanded to include a necropolis and Byzantine monastery near the city’s northern edge, from which came many of the artifacts currently on display.
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Leon Legrain
Legrain was an epigrapher Curator of the Babylonian Section the of Penn Museum. He specialized in cuneiform, and lent his expertise to the excavations at Ur. He published several works translating tablets, cylinder-seals, and inscriptions, and facilitated the research and display for the artifacts received from the Ur excavations.
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Robert Burkitt
Burkitt was a linguist who spent most of his life traveling Guatemala and cataloguing the Maya language and culture. He explored the Guatemala highlands, excavating and collecting artifacts for the Penn Museum, and kept meticulous records on the folklore, ritual, crafts, and language of the Maya.
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J. Alden Mason
Mason was one of the last of the great generalist anthropologists of the 20th century. He is known for his work in anthropological linguistics in Mexico, and as an archaeologist of the Americas who excavated at Piedras Negras in Guatemala and Sitio Conte in Panama, and as Curator of the American Section for the Penn Museum.
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