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Prehistory, the time before written records emerged, ended at different times in different places, but it dwarfs written history everywhere. For a

Egyptians often mentioned a trading partner but neglected to say where it was.

Students create films to document the reimagining of the Penn Museum’s Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries.

Josef Wegner, an associate professor of Egyptian archaeology, gives a talk that focuses on archaeological sites in Lower Nubia and the Museum’s historical involvement in rescuing these artifacts. Tickets are $15.

Archaeologists working at  Abydos in southern Egypt have discovered the tomb of a previously unknown pharaoh named Woseribre Senebkay — and found the first material proof of a forgotten Abydos Dynasty from around 1650-1600 B.C.  The tomb of the previously unknown pharaoh Senebkay was discovered close to a larger royal tomb, recently identified as belonging to a king Sobekhotep, probably Sobekhotep I, circa. 1780 B.C. of the 13th Dynasty. The discovery of pharaoh Senebkay's tomb is the culmination of work that began during the summer of 2013 when the Penn Museum team, led by Dr. Josef We...