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New Interest in Nubia The Right Stuff The Next Best Thing To Being There Thanks, But No Thanks Disaster Education Collaborative Measures Don't Bring Marshmallows The University of Pennsylvania's University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's newest exhibition is a collection of artifacts from ancient Nubia, an African civilization that thrived from 3100 B.C. to 400 A.D. and was Egypt's political rival. The exhibit, which opened October 10 and runs to Oct. 3, 1993, has become the m

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New Interest in Nubia

The Right Stuff

The Next Best Thing To Being There

Thanks, But No Thanks

Disaster Education

Collaborative Measures

Don't Bring Marshmallows

The University of Pennsylvania's University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's newest exhibition is a collection of artifacts from ancient Nubia, an African civilization that thrived from 3100 B.C. to 400 A.D. and was Egypt's political rival. The exhibit, which opened October 10 and runs to Oct. 3, 1993, has become the most sought-after traveling exhibition the museum has ever produced, according to curator David O'Connor. The reason for the popularity, said O'Connor at a preview of the exhibit last month, is the "growing interest among the public as a whole in early African civilization." Another factor contributing to the interest, according to museum director Robert Dyson, is the exhibit's small scale. "The public enjoys an exhibit that isn't too big," Dyson said at the ...

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