Videos

This video, third in a set of six, presents many Mesopotamian innovations that have altered the world. It also depicts various aspects of Mesopotamian culture.

This is the fourth video in a six-part collection that discusses the many inventions of the Mesopotamians and their various cultural attributes.

This video, fifth in a six part series, details the important innovations and cultural aspects of the Mesopotamians.

This is the final video (in a six-part series) that discusses the various innovations and contributions developed by the Mesopotamians.

This video is the first in a collection of six videos that explain the contributions of the Mesopotamians and discuss various aspects of their civilization.

This film uses replicas of the famous Lewis Chessmen to tell the stories of Norse Kings and kingdoms. Originally created as part of an installation for the Lews Castle Museum in Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. http://isodesign.co.uk...

This video adequately details the costume, hair and makeup (both male and female) of the Mesopotamians, specifically the Sumerians that lived in the Southern region of modern day Iraq.

This is a simulation (virtual reality) video of a reconstruction of the Ziggurat of Ur in its entirety. Ur was a city in Sumer that became dominant during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 2900-2350 B.C.E) alongside other cities such as; Uruk...

Beginning in 1922, archaeologist Charles Leonard Woolley, co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum, led a monumental excavation at Ur. This southern Mesopotamian city-state in Sumer possessed its own rich culture...

In this video, the Penn Museum exhibit team, Conservator Lynn Grant, and Near East Section Keeper Katy Blanchard assemble Queen Puabi as she may have appeared 5,000 years ago. Queen Puabi (Tomb 800) was uncovered at the Royal Cemetery at...