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Marshland of Cities: Lagash and its Neighbors ca. 2500 BCE
Howard C. and Elizabeth Watts Petersen Annual Lecture
The earliest cities in the world arose in a dynamic wetland environment at the intersection of the Tigris-Euphrates delta and the shore of the Persian Gulf during the 4th- and 3rd-millennia BCE. Recent work at the site of Lagash, led by the Penn Museum, in collaboration with the University of Pisa and Cambridge University, focuses on reconstructing the ancient environment of southern Iraq through remote sensing, geological coring, and excavation. This illustrated lecture will bring this formative chapter of human history to life through an overview of this work to date, including geological, ethnographic, and archaeological evidence.
Speakers: Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities; Professor, History of Art; Director, Lagash Archaeological Project and Curator, Near East Section, Penn Museum and Reed C Goodman, Ph.D. Candidate in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World.
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Our Mountains Are Made By Hand: North American Mounds as World Heritage
zhlédnutí 3,5KPřed rokem
A millennium ago, Native people constructed over 120 earthen mounds at the site of Cahokia, a World Heritage site in Illinois. Built entirely by hand, the largest of these constructions towered 100 feet over a city that was more densely populated than the contemporary medieval city of London. Over two thousand years before Cahokia’s construction, Native people in Louisiana built Poverty Point, ...
Sand Mandala at Penn Museum
zhlédnutí 668Před rokem
Losang Samten a Tibetan Buddhist monk creates a sand mandala in the galleries of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) as his American assistant gives some explanation of what he is doing. From 04/29/1989
Teotihuacan: Rome of the Ancient Americas
zhlédnutí 18KPřed rokem
Around 100 CE, a huge metropolis began to emerge in the Basin of Mexico, one the Aztecs would later call Teotihuacan, or “Birthplace of the Gods.” It quickly came to dominate the region, and, with its completely new urban grid-plan, contained as many as 150,000 people. Its two gigantic buildings, the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, were surrounded by smaller temples, plazas, and a thousand or...
World Heritage in South Africa's Cradle of Humankind
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed rokem
South Africa's Cradle of Humankind has long been a hotbed of discovery for human ancestor fossils. Just 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, this protected region must balance multiple interests in research, development, and human rights. This talk will discuss ongoing research and the efforts to continue to educate and engage the public, while emphasizing the need for continued protection. Speake...
Becoming an UNESCO World Heritage Site
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed rokem
During the last 35 years Dr. C Brian Rose has had the good fortune to direct or co-direct excavations at two legendary sites in Turkey Troy and Gordion. Troy was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1998; Gordion is being considered by UNESCO for World Heritage Status this year. Dr. Rose was involved in steering both sites through the UNESCO process. In this lecture, Dr. Rose will pr...
The Birthplace of the Buddha and Other Failures
zhlédnutí 3,4KPřed rokem
This talk looks at five major Buddhist sites in Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, built over 2,500 years, that reveal a variety of strategies for memorializing Buddhist relics and historical moments. These massive projects range from museums to parks, from golden reliquaries to statues twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty. Looking at both the visionaries that planned these sit...
The Museum as a Revolutionary Icon
zhlédnutí 883Před rokem
Museums have the power to respond to the present moment, exploring the contours of our humanity and revolutionizing our perspective on the world. From their earliest incarnations, museums have used their collections to bring resonance and context to the global community and our natural environment. Legendary educator and museum director John Cotton Dana once stated: "Find what aid the community...
“Conquer or Die”: Boudica’s Revolt of 60-61 AD
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 2 lety
Nearly twenty years after the Roman conquest of Britain a revolt broke out among the Iceni, a tribe inhabiting modern Norfolk. The revolt was led by Boudica, the warrior queen whose story has become the stuff of legend. In this lecture, we try to sort fact from fiction, investigating the seeds of rebellion in Rome’s abusive administration and then examining how the legend of Boudica has continu...
Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Self-Determination
zhlédnutí 2,7KPřed 2 lety
As a leader in the Native American rights movement, John Echohawk will discuss how the federal Indian policy terminating Indian tribes and forcing Indians to assimilate changed beginning in 1970 with the founding of the Native American Rights Fund and the advent of the new federal Indian policy of self-determination. About the Speaker John Echohawk (Pawnee) is Executive Director of the Native A...
Octavian, Mark Antony, and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium
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By the first century BCE, Rome had gained control of the entire Mediterranean, but those conquests had been accompanied by a century of civil war that witnessed the assassination of politicians on all sides of the political spectrum. At one point, the adherents of one populist politician marched on Rome's temple of Castor and Pollux, which was closely associated with the Senate, and tore up the...
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Indian Revolution: Fighting Caste, Gender, Sexuality and Forging a New Womanhood
zhlédnutí 2,1KPřed 2 lety
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was an important revolutionary political thinker, anti-caste activist, intellectual, architect of India’s constitution, and formidable leader of modern India. Ambedkar famously called for the annihilation of the hierarchical caste order to create a just society based on liberty, equality, and fraternity. His critique of caste was deeply connected with gender, sexua...
Narmer: The First King of Upper and Lower Egypt?
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 2 lety
Narmer was a pivotal individual who lived during the development of Egypt’s state and its rise of kingship. His burial was likely at Abydos. A number of artifacts relating to him have survived from this period and they show increasing use of hieroglyphs, as well as the development of specific imagery and iconography that suggest royalty. In addition, material connected with him derives from sev...
Emiliano Zapata From Many Angles
zhlédnutí 10KPřed 2 lety
Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary general, is known for his varied and passionate pursuit of justice. He famously drafted the Plan of Ayala (1911), which declared President Francisco I. Madero incapable of fulfilling the goals of the revolution and outlined agrarian reforms to distribute land in a fair and ethical manner. This lecture will address the political and cultural heritage, s...
MANSA MUSA: A Revolutionary view of Education & Wealth In 14th Century Mali
zhlédnutí 22KPřed 2 lety
Around 1312 CE, Kankan Musa, Sundiata’s nephew, assumed the throne of Mali-one of the most important empires in West Africa long before the arrival of Europeans. He took the royal name Mansa Musa. It is during Musa’s reign that Mali reached a new high point. Follow Musa’s journey from his assumption of power to ruling the wealthiest nation of the 14th century. This lecture will include clips fr...
The Earliest Reformer? Urukagina of Girsu and His New Order
zhlédnutí 12KPřed 2 lety
The Earliest Reformer? Urukagina of Girsu and His New Order
Then and Now: Monuments, Memorials and Public Art
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 2 lety
Then and Now: Monuments, Memorials and Public Art
Building Monuments, Monumentalizing Buildings
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 2 lety
Building Monuments, Monumentalizing Buildings
The War Memorials of Imperial Rome
zhlédnutí 4,1KPřed 3 lety
The War Memorials of Imperial Rome
Commemoration and Monument in Medieval India
zhlédnutí 3,2KPřed 3 lety
Commemoration and Monument in Medieval India
Slave Dwellings, Monuments, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 3 lety
Slave Dwellings, Monuments, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy
The Lasting Legacies of Mesopotamia: Ideas, Monuments, Images
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 3 lety
The Lasting Legacies of Mesopotamia: Ideas, Monuments, Images
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
zhlédnutí 7KPřed 3 lety
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
The Palace of Pharaoh Merenptah: Examining an Archaeological “Cold Case”
zhlédnutí 22KPřed 3 lety
The Palace of Pharaoh Merenptah: Examining an Archaeological “Cold Case”
Topple: The Reckoning and Re-Imagining of Contemporary Monuments
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed 3 lety
Topple: The Reckoning and Re-Imagining of Contemporary Monuments
The Classic Maya Collapse: New Evidence on a Great Mystery
zhlédnutí 124KPřed 3 lety
The Classic Maya Collapse: New Evidence on a Great Mystery
An Earthquake That Shook the World: Seismicity and Society in the Late Fourth Century CE
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 3 lety
An Earthquake That Shook the World: Seismicity and Society in the Late Fourth Century CE
Great Catastrophes in Earth History
zhlédnutí 13KPřed 4 lety
Great Catastrophes in Earth History
The Great Flood and Its Aftermath
zhlédnutí 46KPřed 4 lety
The Great Flood and Its Aftermath
Overturning of Space and Time: The End of the Inca Empire
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 4 lety
Overturning of Space and Time: The End of the Inca Empire

Komentáře

  • @qamarhasnain5460
    @qamarhasnain5460 Před 14 hodinami

    Toy train may kewal angraz he yaatra oss samay kartey they..Bhartio ko toy train may allow nahi tha.😢😢

  • @marshhen
    @marshhen Před dnem

    Excellent video.Could the museum consider re-doing it with images that are in-focus and more up to date high res photos of the objects currently in the collection? This seems like you took slides from a 1971 slide show presentation. If you update it, the video will be more useful for educators and students.

  • @donaldnixon919
    @donaldnixon919 Před dnem

    Mayans did not build or create the Civilizations in South America. It's a Lie!!!! the Olmecs created the Civilization Thousands of years before the Maya. It's a Lie!

  • @AndreaCumino
    @AndreaCumino Před 2 dny

    Does the public need a joke every minute to be kept entertained? Wtf... Apart from that, great lecture, very informative

  • @shadetreader
    @shadetreader Před 3 dny

    *Palestine

  • @mikegallagher4388
    @mikegallagher4388 Před 4 dny

    I love how the audio quality symbolises our struggle to understand the faint and distant voice of the historical past. To futher enhance this magical effect you're going to have to move the microphone further away from the speaker. Sorry to report that I could actually hear some of that. No complete sentences of course, just the odd word here and there.

  • @pauldaystar
    @pauldaystar Před 8 dny

    Qua Quai Thankyou from Alaska Shalom

  • @user-wt1qt9rh9j
    @user-wt1qt9rh9j Před 10 dny

    Viajei para o México com minha esposa-filha-sobrinha. Era um sonho conhecer o México, pois só conhecia dos filmes das tvs etc. Peguei um avião direto 14 horas de voo-Porto-Cancun- Vi as ruinas Maias, as ruinas dos Aztecas etc-dei um giro pelo méxico, fiz muitas viagens ao redor do mundo, mas a que mais adorei foi essa do México. Sempre fui respeitado pelo povo mexicano. Adorei os povoados ( pueblos ) México é diferente dos outros paises, ainda lá vou voltar. Abraço de Portugal para povo mexicano.

  • @bweaverla
    @bweaverla Před 10 dny

    There is nothing in the archeological record in Imhotep's time for his being an architect. In the inscription on Djoser's statue, he is referred to as overseer of sculptors. He was indeed a priest (great of seers) and a royal councillor. However, there is nothing from Imhotep's time to support his being credited as an author or physician. These were ascribed to him thousands of years later.

  • @luc9-5
    @luc9-5 Před 12 dny

    Nuestros ancestros, los que les tocó padecer para que nosotors tengamos el México moderno de hoy. Es increíble colo te transports a esos años, se ve tsn lindo y tranquilo todo, cada uno vivienod sus vidas, que lindo México.

  • @luc9-5
    @luc9-5 Před 13 dny

    Deben desentubrar y restaurar los ríos y canales de la ciudad

  • @waltergandy8672
    @waltergandy8672 Před 14 dny

    Teotihuacan, to me , was a ancient airport where the Gods landed Their Spaceships on those pads, they had to Make them strong enough, made of huge stone blocks to support Their Spaceships...ect...

  • @AlcibiadesHidalgo
    @AlcibiadesHidalgo Před 15 dny

    Not sure why you would upload an hour long video and not even check the audio... unless you just didn't give a ****.

  • @grzlbr
    @grzlbr Před 16 dny

    Only 29 comments? not good

  • @brettcross9941
    @brettcross9941 Před 16 dny

    The scientists lie so u think they’re smart ! The blind leading the blind

  • @TheMickeymental
    @TheMickeymental Před 17 dny

    The whole claim of biological evolution is a hoax and this hoax still continues ad nauseam. My goodness evolutionists are willfully ignorant and arrongant.

  • @RealAaron317
    @RealAaron317 Před 17 dny

    My Genome link has a hit onnSteppe pastoralists

  • @THEMAADASSHOLE
    @THEMAADASSHOLE Před 18 dny

    Okay but she literally pointed out one of her preferred differences between male and female pelvis and proceeded to say how weird that would be for a male. So what exactly she basing her assertation of two males on? No I am not a homophobe. I'm simply pointing out that by her criteria and without more information it makes no sense to assume SK336 was male. I'd also point out that the body language is indicative of a female lying with a male.

  • @lb1049
    @lb1049 Před 18 dny

    Such a beautiful example of human love and comfort and kindness in a dire situation, regardless of who they were and their relationship, I find it so moving and beautiful

  • @newgeneration5766
    @newgeneration5766 Před 23 dny

    India and Pakistan were almost same in this year...but after 70 years from 1953 India is an economical power and Pakistan is a Begging power...what a tragedy...because of Politicians...whose politicians are great you think...Hindu Politicians or Musalman Pak politicians...😁😁😁

  • @user-un8tv1pp8m
    @user-un8tv1pp8m Před 23 dny

    Sadly really bad audio, like many many of the penn videos. Why, people? You folks control millions in research funds, why cant you get functioning clip-on mics for your speaker like any stay-at-home CZcamsr? This channel has so much interesting stuff, and so much of it is not realy consumable because of bad recording. Much more folks see these vids than the physical talk, invest a little please.

  • @vanadee1618
    @vanadee1618 Před 23 dny

    My family before 1705

  • @vanadee1618
    @vanadee1618 Před 23 dny

    The government is going to get harder on identifying native populations. it will be harder to be recognized as it will be seen as a measure of not being valid or whole. this is what it has always been. a measure of not being a person or worth or importance of worth.

  • @quiksgroove1483
    @quiksgroove1483 Před 24 dny

    Syria iraq and Kuwait

  • @danasimcho310
    @danasimcho310 Před 24 dny

    An excellent presentation!

  • @desslokbasileus571
    @desslokbasileus571 Před 24 dny

    ➡➡ Robert G. Ousterhout ‼‼ Great  ‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼

  • @native_earth916
    @native_earth916 Před 25 dny

    Would love to see a rebirth of the ancient ale series. There is an absolute treasure trove of world heritage locked up in these recipes.

  • @edgarmessa3487
    @edgarmessa3487 Před 27 dny

    La gente era diferente altos y delgados ahora son chaparros y gordos

  • @phoenixrising573
    @phoenixrising573 Před 27 dny

    18+ minutes in and he's said nothing concrete about anything. Sure hope he communicates more clearly in writing than in lecturing!! So far, two references to other speakers who will be later and two unseen slides explained... I can use my time better than this.

  • @nzobeats2987
    @nzobeats2987 Před 27 dny

    I wonder what part of Mexico this is from

  • @lamarocain8916
    @lamarocain8916 Před 27 dny

    شوفو القفطان والشمار,الكراغلة كايقولو قفطانهم ,بكري المغاربة النساء هو لي كايلبسو وبناتهم ,ودايرين الشمار باش ايطمعو الكمام باش ايشتاغلو فالدار

  • @Jaybo61
    @Jaybo61 Před 27 dny

    I was really excited to find an authoritative video on Teotihuacan. The scene is set: we view a stage with a large screen from behind an anticipative, though admittedly sparse, crowd. The host introduces Dr. Simon Martin with a lengthy list of his qualifications and experience of the topic. I think to myself, "This is going to be good!" However, after a minute or two of watching the good Dr. chatting amiably from stage left and with the view on my monitor screen remaining stubbornly static, it dawns on me that, tragically, this viewpoint isn't going to change. As others here have commented: what a waste of screen real estate. If someone is describing a slide doesn't it make sense that viewers should be able to make out the image? The audience is in the auditorium; their focus of attention is the screen. People viewing this on a monitor or TV screen or worse, a tablet or phone screen, are being forced to screw up their eyes to make out any detail in a very limited area when they should be being presented with close-ups of the visual specifics being talked about. There are so many points for discussion here in relation to failure to engage a wider audience that I don't know where to begin. One might have expected that such a prestigious university would hire people who know what they're doing when providing online content. You have the informational and visual resources available here to engage the maximum number of people, yet with this format many potential viewers will move on the moment they realise you lumbered them with this limited perspective. After all, isn't a picture worth a thousand words?

  • @mundodosgamesbrytb
    @mundodosgamesbrytb Před 28 dny

    completei o 1,2k de likes! yuhooo! assististindo em 2024! As 17:38! Dia 18 de maio! Obrigado por este vídeo!,gosto muito de arqueologia e história! Meu sonho é ser arqueólogo!,Deus abençoe a todos e muito obrigado ao dono do canal por este vídeo!❤❤

  • @gerardomendez4526
    @gerardomendez4526 Před 29 dny

    Nuestros ancestros una ermosura

  • @VickyFernandez-jy6yh
    @VickyFernandez-jy6yh Před měsícem

    just lie the babilonia gardens

  • @Elif.-7
    @Elif.-7 Před měsícem

    It was too hot but not a single woman was naked. They were all wearing elegant dresses...

  • @FernadoPellizco-nq8ym
    @FernadoPellizco-nq8ym Před měsícem

    Sin narcos pero con una pobreza abismal en la población

  • @misaelramos6446
    @misaelramos6446 Před měsícem

    Q bonita la época de los mochitos

  • @tafri961
    @tafri961 Před měsícem

    These twins are present in Americas ?? Waooo .. Now I realize how old my hinduism dates back to !!! It's staggering old per religious standard....

  • @Hamter_mental_counseling
    @Hamter_mental_counseling Před měsícem

    Just another person trying to draw attention to themselves. The statement “my body is a monument” is just the most self centred statement you could make. It’s also amazing that these people are crying about “confederate monuments” being built. The only reason people have called for this was in response to middle class left wing activists (like this lady) taking down confederate monuments all across the country WITHOUT public consultation (talking about consent) because they represented the confederacy. Millions of men died in the Secession war and taking these monuments down WITHOUT consultation is disrespectful. Again, it is done by middle class kids (like this lady) who have accomplished nothing and believe they deserve attention. So they do it with emphatic speech like this one about their body being “a monument”. A monument to what? Stupidity? That is laughable.

  • @user-lx8ng3ph1s
    @user-lx8ng3ph1s Před měsícem

    😢😢😢😢Guatemala

  • @user-lx8ng3ph1s
    @user-lx8ng3ph1s Před měsícem

    😢😊

  • @aaronw1338
    @aaronw1338 Před měsícem

    I love you, bro. I love you too, bro.

  • @grainofsand7841
    @grainofsand7841 Před měsícem

    The Chinese were once a diverse culture thousands of years ago, with a similar to Jewish faith. Communism has tried to wipe out descendants surrounding China, because they want to be the Supreme race, the original people there, but they weren't all Chinese.

  • @grainofsand7841
    @grainofsand7841 Před měsícem

    The knowledge that they'd be preserved if situated a certain way indicates a belief that their body had great importance. Perhaps a belief in resurrection.

  • @itoomushtaq7649
    @itoomushtaq7649 Před měsícem

    Old memories

  • @benjaminahisrael611
    @benjaminahisrael611 Před měsícem

    I wish the museums in America were free to visit like the ones in London.

  • @bobjuniel8683
    @bobjuniel8683 Před měsícem

    Twice the speaker relates 14,000 year old Gobekli Tepe. with the bible, and twice he admits they are not associated. Why? Adam and Eve are a myth, some say a legend, dated to about 6000 BCE. The biblical flood was later, but many biblical stories tend to be preceded by an earlier variation, as we find in the stories of Gilgamesh. Teach the know facts and avoid cluttering the lesson with distractions.

  • @ramzanawan3220
    @ramzanawan3220 Před měsícem

    nice

  • @sevenft3
    @sevenft3 Před měsícem

    Those aren’t Cherokee, they are clearly colonizers (Europeans)