Press

Ancient and Modern Olympic Games

  • Religion At 2012 Olympics: From Ancient Greece To London, Huffington Post, July 26, 2012.
  • GODSPEED: Religion at the Olympics, from Greece to London, Sojourners Blog, July 25, 2012.
  • Statues of limitation, Chicago Tribune, July 25, 2012.
  • Religion continues to be part of Olympics, Salt Lake Tribune, August 15, 2008. [cached]
  • Penn prof is having a field day in Athens, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18, 2004. [cached]
  • The race for Olympic souvenirs, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 2004. [cached]
  • Ancient games not so pure, Salt Lake Tribune, August 11, 2004. [cached]
  • Ancient Olympics expert, WHYY Radio, August 11, 2004. [cached]
  • Competing against ancient myths, Messenger-Inquirer, August 8, 2004. [cached]
  • Athens confronts glory and terror, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 8, 2004. [cached]
  • Gli scandali del passato, La Gazetta del Mezzogiorno, August 8, 2004 (in Italian). [cached]
  • Demythologizing the Early Olympics, About.com, August 4, 2004. [cached]
  • The games are as flawed today as they were in ancient Greece, Boston Globe, August 3, 2004.
  • Olimpíadas antigas tinham tramas, trapaças e política, msn.com.br, August, 2004. (in Portuguese) [cached]
  • Olimpia: mítosz és valóság, Reader’s Digest Magyarorság, August, 2004 (in Hungarian) [cached]
  • Ancient Olympics were a mix of sacred, profane, Mercury News, July 25, 2004. [cached]
  • The not-so-noble games, The Tribune – Chandigarh, India, July 17, 2004. [cached]
  • Newly unveiled stamp pays homage to 2004 Olympics, Daily Pennsylvanian, July 10, 2004. [cached]
  • Ancient Olympics Games were not so noble, Daily Times, July 5, 2004. [cached]
  • Olympics: In antiquity, the polished marble Games came with rough edges, International Herald Tribune, June 28, 2004. [cached]
  • An Olympian Task to Police the Games, New Zealand Herald, June 12, 2004. [cached]
  • Museum Researcher Digs Up Ancient Olympic Facts, Penn Current, June 10, 2004. [cached]
  • Museum-Inspired Stamp Honoring Olympic Games, University of Pennsylvania Almanac, June 10, 2004. [cached]
  • U.S.Postal Service Issues Stamp Honoring Olympic Games at Free Event at Penn Museum, June 9, 2004. [cached]
  • Journey to the Seven Wonders, Smithsonian Magazine, June 2004. (PDF file.) [cached]
  • Security Concerns, Plus Cheating and Scandals, Are Nothing New at the Olympics, University of Pennsylvania Museum news release, April 22, 2004 [cached]
  • A New Olympic Battleground, Discover Magazine, December 2003. [cached]
  • Letter to the Editor, Natural History, June 2003. [cached]
  • Ancient Worlds, New Space: Greek Runners, The Pennsylvania Gazette, May/June 2003. [cached]
  • A Little Extra Weight Goes a Long Way, Physics Today, January 2003. [cached]
  • Ancient Games, Ancient Scandals, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 2002.
  • Artists & Athletes: A Perspective on the 2002 Olympic Arts Festival, The Sport Journal, 2002. [cached]
  • Meeting the Threat, Deseret News, September 30, 2001. [cached]
  • Holy Games: The Olympics are Rooted in Religion, The Salt Lake Tribune, February 3, 2001.
  • Exposed: Great Olympic Myths, The Times, September 29, 2000.
  • Greed, Bribes, Scandals at the Olympics!, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, September 12, 2000.
  • Sexploitation or Pride? Female Olympians’ Revealing Poses Stir Debate, Newhouse News Service, September 2000. [cached]
  • University of Cincinnati E-Brief, August 11, 2000. [cached]
  • Coaxing Olympic Competitors to Wax Poetic, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 17, 2000.
  • Old Wine in New Skins: Technology and the Study of Antiquity, PENN Arts & Sciences, Summer 2000.
  • Multimedia: Olympics Through Time, Archaeology Magazine, March 2000 (no longer available)
  • From Starting Line to Ancient Angle, MathTrek, January 5, 1998. [cached]
  • The Guy Who Ate a Cow and Other Olympic Stars, New York Times, July 14, 1996. [cached]

Corinth Computer Project

  • Decoding the past, Oman Tribune, October 3, 2008.
  • Perfect Fit, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 2008.
  • Roman Corinth: They Came, They Saw, They Digitized, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept/Oct 2000.
  • A High-Tech Window Into Ancient Greece, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 15, 2000.
  • The Hunt for Orange Julius Caesar, Pennsylvania Current, May 18, 2000.
  • NetWatch: COOL IMAGES, Science, April 7, 2000.
  • “Cyber U”, The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1995.
  • 'Virtual Dig’ Grants Students Experience without Expense, The Daily Pennsylvanian, March 25, 1997.
  • Can You Dig It? When Computers are Combined with Archaeology, You Can Conduct a Paleolithic Excavation Right in Your Own Home, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1997.

Awards

  • Flying Through the Past, Geospatial Solutions, August 2000 Computers and Archaeology

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