项目介绍

2022年9月27日

For centuries the Mediterranean World has been comprised of the countless cultures and civilizations that grew up around the Mediterranean Sea. Stretching from the Atlantic to the lands of the Levant and the Middle East, the Mediterranean has witnessed dramatic changes in each era of human history. From the international diplomacy of the Bronze Age to the flowering of Islamic empires after the 7th century, the Mediterranean was the setting for some of the most important cultures of the ancient world, including Egypt, Israel, Carthage, Greece, Macedon, the Roman Empire and Byzantium.

The University of Pennsylvania has a century-long tradition of excavation and archaeological survey throughout the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Fieldwork has included Minturnae and Sybaris in Italy, Kourion and Kyrenia on Cyprus, Gordion and Cape Gelidonya in Turkey, Beth Shean in Israel, Nippur and Ur in Mesopotamia, Dendera and Abydos in Egypt. Over 150 dissertations in Old World archaeology and art have been produced in the course of the last century. The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World continues this tradition, emphasizing the rigorous study of Mediterranean cultures, employing a variety of approaches.