Last year, 1,100 guests from 107 countries, including Turkey, Anguilla, Myanmar, Maldives, Iran, Azerbaijan, Benin, Rwanda, China, Albania, India, Colombia, and Australia, met and mingled at the annual International Students Reception at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940, a new exhibition of more than 50 archival photographs from Iran, complemented by a representative sampling of ancient artifacts, including painted pottery, alabaster and copper/bronze figurines from the archaeological excavations at the Bronze Age site Tepe Hissar, opens at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology October 2 through December 9, 2007.

The many sounds, sights, tastes, arts and traditions of Japan come together on Saturday, September 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers Celebrate Japan!

River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte opens on Sunday, September 23, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Museum with an afternoon public celebration, free with Museum admission donation, featuring music and dance of Panama, modern metal jewelry-making demonstrations, plus "golden" jewelry-making opportunities for children and their families.

Penn Museum presents an exhibition named ‘Trail In Modern Day’ from December 15, 2007 through February 10, 2008.

Penn Museum opens exhibitions of royal tombs treasures beginning August 28, 2007.

In 1931, Penn Museum launched its first archaeological expedition to Iran, to excavate the Bronze Age site of Tepe Hissar.

At the turn of the 19th century, the Rio Grande de Coclé, a river in central Panama, changed its course, and people began to find precious gold objects on its banks at Penn Museum, Philadelphia.

Surviving: The Body of Evidence, a new, interactive exhibition that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans, opens at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia April 19, 2008 through November 30, 2008, before beginning a multi-city, national tour.

River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte opens at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Sunday, September 23, 2007.

ADVENTURES IN PHOTOGRAPHY: Expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is on view at Penn Museum through September 23. Forty black-and-white photographs, selected from the tens of thousands of expedition images in Penn Museum’s extensive Archives, offer a kaleidoscopic view of some of the Museum’s many field projects.

Egyptologists Join Together At Penn Museum the University of Pennsylvania Museum to Share Insight into Newest Research and Understandings about the Amarna Period at Public Symposium Saturday, March 31, 2007.