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Posted by Lilly from ? (160.129.27.22) on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 4:45PM :

Interesting sites from U. Penn on Babylonian/Mesopotamian archeaology that my parents found out about from the traveling exhibit while they were in Boston a few weeks ago followed by a link:

main page about the Royal Tombs of Ur:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/royaltombsoverview.html

history of The Free Museum of Science & Art:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Overview/bhtext1899.html

the experts on Babylon @ U. Penn:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/News/babyloniansection.html

write like a Babylonian (but don't walk like an Egyptian) in cuneiform:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Games/cuneiform.html

archaeologists working at Tell es-Sweyhat, a site on the Euphrates River in Syria, have excavated a fully intact group tomb, circa 2500-2250 BC:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/News/sweyhat.html

photographic exhibit to include Nippur photos:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/News/explorations.html

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