Archaeology

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Penn archaeologists help uncover 3,600-year-old tomb of Egyptian pharaoh

Penn Museum to return 19th century skull of Indigenous child to tribe leaders in Maine

Penn Museum Wabanaki

Museum of the American Revolution to host after-hours event exploring artifacts found under museum site

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West Philly community archaeology project aims to recover forgotten stories of the Black Bottom

Archaeology Project Black Bottom

Penn Museum researchers discover ancient restaurant in Iraq with 5,000-year-old fridge

Penn Museum Researchers Aerial

Remains of Revolutionary War soldiers found in mass grave at South Jersey battlefield

New Jersey Soldiers Remains

Philly School District works to repatriate Native American 'skeletal item' found in classroom

Central High School

The measure of a killer: when DNA can't provide a positive ID

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A death-defying dig at the grave of a serial killer

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8 photos from a massive Terracotta Warriors exhibit

Carroll - Franklin Institute Terracotta Warriors

What happened to the missing people of Pennsylvania?

Monongahela

Historic Preservation

Philadelphia establishes historic preservation task force

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Washington Square: From mass graves to mass media

Carroll - Historic Washington Square

Human remains rescued from Old City construction site ahead of snowstorm

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WATCH: Coffins, human bones unearthed at Old City construction site

Carroll - Coffins at First Baptist Church

Relics from the 'cauldron of the Revolution' return to Old City museum

Museum of American Revolution

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The Philly Vintage Flea

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Breast Cancer Research

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