News

Publication Announcements

• 9/29/17 Brill Announces Collaboration with the Harvard Semitic Museum on Three Book Series, Brill

Grants & Awards

• 5/19/17 Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, Massachusetts Cultural Council

Programs 

• 10/17/18 The search for a California sphinx, Harvard Gazette
• 12/18/14 The old, made new, Harvard Gazette
• 2/11/13 A different take on Tut, Harvard Gazette
• 6/25/12 Mysterious 10,000-year-old ruins found in Syrian desert, Fox News
• 6/22/12 Desert mystery, Harvard Gazette

Innovation/Discovery

• 4/04/24 Art from a long-dead civilization springs back to life Harvard Gazette 
• 7/03/19 Biblical bad guys the ancient Philistines came from Europe, DNA shows, Reuters
• 7/03/19 Ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Philistines, ScienceNews
• 7/03/19 DNA Begins to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient Philistines, The New York Times
• 8/02/18 Three Examples from the Field: AR and VR in Teaching and Research, EduCause Review
• 6/08/18 A cast fit for an Egyptian king,  Harvard Gazette
• 2/14/18 Casting new light on ancient epics, Harvard Gazette
• 2/22/16 Egyptian-style handiwork with a digital past, Harvard Gazette
• 2/11/16 Recreating the Throne of Egyptian Queen Hetepheres
• 2/10/16 A throne fit for an Egyptian queen — recreated at Harvard, The Boston Globe
• 6/15/15 What if museums decided to only exhibit reproductions?, SciTechNow
• 4/26/15 How to recast antiquity, Harvard Gazette
• 1/30/13 Harvard Uses 3-D Printing to Replicate Ancient Statue, Time
• 12/20/12 Harvard’s 3D-Printing Archaeologists Fix Ancient Artifacts, WIRED
• 12/10/12 3D Printing Makes Modern Art of Ancient Sculptures, Tested

Museum and Partners

• 4/15/20 A new name for the Semitic Museum, Harvard Gazette
• 11/22/13 Where Science Meets Culture, Harvard Magazine
• 10/19/13 Harvard’s Semitic Museum is set for big changes, The Boston Globe
• 7/2/13 Collaborative museums, Harvard Gazette
• 12/4/12 A Director for Museums of Science and Culture, Harvard Gazette
• 5/3/12 From Iraq and back, via 9/11 and Harvard, Harvard Gazette
• 4/29/12 A Museum’s Hidden Curiosities, The Harvard Crimson
• 3/22/12 Professor Revives Egyptology At Harvard, The Harvard Crimson