Friday, April 1, 2016 - 5:00pm
Widener Auditorium, Penn Museum
A conference accompanying the new exhibit at the Penn Museum, “The Golden Age of King Midas”
April 1-2, 2016
Sponsored by the Penn’s Center for Ancient Studies, the University Research Foundation, the Office of the Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, the Penn Museum, the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, and the departments of Anthropology, Classical Studies, History of Art, and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Friday, April 1, Widener Auditorium, Penn Museum
5-6PM: Viewing of the exhibit “The Golden Age of King Midas”
6-6:10PM: C. Brian Rose, Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, Penn Museum
Welcome and Introduction
6:15-6:30: Charles K. Williams, II, Former Director, Corinth Excavations:
“Rodney Young in Historical Perspective”
6:30-7:30PM: Nicolo Marchetti, University of Bologna, Director of Excavations at Carchemish
"Carchemish during the Bronze and Iron Ages: New results by the Turco-Italian Archaeological Expedition"