"So long, until tomorrow"
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Lowell Jackson Thomas, a pioneer in radio journalism, newsreel films, television news and 3-dimensional movies, nurtured the idea of building a fireplace made up of stones tracing the history of mankind. 'The History of Civilization' fireplace was begun in the late 1930s at a community center in Quaker Hill, Pawling, New York, and consisted of 220 cement blocks surrounding a sandstone lintel inscribed with a Sanskrit proverb, where each block would be replaced eventually with a stone from a famous building or historic site around the world.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2006
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Tutankhamun treasures
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The first US tour of the world's most famous archaeological discovery about Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs that will be exhibited at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute in February 2007 is described. The traveling exhibition consists of 34 small but fine objects, many of them connected directly with Tutankhamun's mummy including a miniature mummy case, an exact replica of the larger sarcophagus that held the king's internal organs.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2006
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World photography on the Worldwide Web
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This article discusses the photographic collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives in which 3,000 19th century albumen prints have been scanned and catalogued into a database which can be accessed on the World Wide Web.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2001
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