Excavated. Accumulated. Exhibited.

How the world’s oldest city map found its way to Jena.

Ausgrabung in Nippur (heute Irak)

Foto: Pennsylvania Museum (Digitale Reproduktion)
Ausgrabung in Nippur (heute Irak)

English Texts

Portrait Hermann Hilprecht, ca. 1900

Foto: Pennsylvania Museum

1. Introduction

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2. Philadelphia

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3. Nippur

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4. Constantinople

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5. Jena

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