Moving the museum's ethnographic collections: a conservation approach

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The protection of items in the ethnographic items in the collection of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania during a move is described. The collection was being moved from a basement to a state-of-the-art storage facility which would protect the items from environmental damage.

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Setting the record straight: the contorted history of the Museum's Theseus mosaic

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The sections dealing with everyday life in the Museum's newly installed Roman World Gallery that uses a third-century mosaic to exemplify a typical Roman floor is discussed. The current status of the mosaic which, led to reexamination by the Tunisian Department of Antiquities is examined.

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Etruscan sandals: fancy footwear from the sixth century B.C

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The exhibition of Etruscan sandals at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is described.

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