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On
March 16, 2003, with fanfare and celebration, the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UPM) inaugurated the major
re-installation of its permanent Roman and Etruscan galleries, heralding
the completion of its nearly 10-year program to present its unique
classical collections in a modern, thematic context. Totally renovated,
The Etruscan World and The Roman World galleries are aided by a brand
new Introduction to the Classical World gallery and a newly-produced
video designed to orient visitors geographically, chronologically
and culturally to the civilizations of ancient Italy and Greece. |
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Worlds
Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans
is a multi-million dollar project that completes the suite of four
permanent classical galleries at the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
(The Ancient Greek World gallery opened in 1994.) The new galleries
invite the visitor to explore the rich, interconnected and intertwined
cultures of the sun-drenched ancient Mediterranean -- and to discover
anew how these cultures continue to influence and inspire our world
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More
than one thousand ancient artifacts -- including marble and bronze
sculptures, jewelry, metalwork, mosaics, glass vessels, gold and silver
coins, and pottery of exceptional artistic and historical renown --
tell the remarkable story of the Etruscan peoples, the first great
rulers of central Italy (800-100 BC), and their empire-building Roman
successors (500 BC- AD 500). Many of these objects have never before
been on public display. They are drawn from the Museum’s outstanding
Mediterranean collection of more than 30,000 objects, which date from
3000 BC to the 5th century AD.
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