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Moving a Monument
6/25/19 Popular Science
The secret to moving this ancient sphinx? Hoverboards
6/17/19 Popular Mechanics
Here's How You Move a 25,000-Pound Ancient Sphinx
6/13/19 Smithsonian Magazine
The Penn Museum Just Floated a 12-Ton Sphinx Out a Window
6/13/19 Newsweek
Ancient Egypt: Military Buildings at Fortress from Ramses II Reign Discovered
6/13/19 Smithsonian Magazine
The Penn Museum Just Floated a 12-Ton Sphinx Out a Window
6/13/19 USA Today
Pride pickup, sphinx on move, Tony Stark’s cabin: News from around our 50 states
6/12/19 WHYY Radio News
Like ‘Back to the Future’: Penn Museum floats its ancient sphinx to a new home
6/12/19 KYW-TV, CBS 3
3,000-Year-Old Huge Sphinx Moves To New Spot Inside Penn Museum
6/12/19 WPVI-TV, 6 ABC, Philadelphia, PA
Sphinx at Penn Museum is on the move
6/12/19 Penn Today
A monumental move for the Penn Museum's iconic sphinx
6/12/19 The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How do you move a 13-ton Egyptian sphinx? Penn Museum hopes to try it today
6/12/19 Associated Press:
Huge Sphinx makes crawling journey to new spot in museum
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2/21/19 CBS 3 Eyewitness News
Penn Museum’s ‘Ancient Egypt: From Discovery To Display’ Exhibit Now Open
2/22/19 WHYY
Penn Museum preserves a little bit of Egypt for display during renovation. WHYY-FM’s Peter Crimmins reports
The New York Times
Back to School With a Side of Art
Public Radio International (PRI):
This Philadelphia museum hired Iraqi and Syrian refugees as tour guides for its Middle East gallery
Philadelphia Inquirer:
Unlocking the mystery of a 2,000-year-old child mummy
NBC10 (Philadelphia):
Researchers Unravel 2000-Year-Old Mystery of Mummified Child
KYW News Radio
Penn Museum's new program offers endless insights into mysteries of the world
Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display
News Stories on Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display beginning February 21, 2019:
Global Guides
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Research
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The Middle East Galleries
The Penn Museum’s new Middle East Galleries are now open! See what the reviewers have to say:
An 8,000-Year-Old Vintage!
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