Dr Bill Parkinson addresses visiting museum directors from Europe at the Field Museum opening of the First Kings of Europe exhibition in late March 2023.

First Kings of Europe in Budapest

Several ceramic bowls rest on the seafloor, stuck together along with corroded iron and remnants of sea life.

What We’re Still Uncovering from an 800-Year-Old Shipwreck

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What We're Still Uncovering from an 800-Year-Old Shipwreck

A small crocodile mummy wrapped in brown cloth with the eyes drawn on, and other similar bundles in the background

Animal Mummies for Sale in Ancient Egypt

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Two women wearing headlamps peer into the mouth of a large taxidermy elephant

Q&A with a Conservator on the Complex History of Ivory

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Conservators Eugenie Milroy (left) and Stephanie Hornbeck examine the teeth and tusks of one of the Akeley elephants in the Field Museum's Stanley Field Hall

Two images, one of a man with braids in a chef's coat plating several identical dishes; and several cobs of corn of different colors laid out flat

The Sioux Chef: Reinvigorating Indigenous Food Systems

Two images, one of a man with braids in a chef's coat plating several identical dishes; and several cobs of corn of different colors laid out flat. Sean Sherman by Rina Oh for the James Beard Foundation. Corn cobs from Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, in the Museum's collection.

Left: a brown, cracked skull; right: a group of people sitting on the short of a river, with two people standing and addressing the group

6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World’s Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

The Aitape skull, the 6,000-year-old cranium that scientists believe belongs to the world’s earliest known tsunami victim. 

6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World's Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

Old city ruins, including a pyramid and a central square

Can We Learn from the History of Ancient Cities?

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The Pyramid of the Sun and the Street of the Dead at Teotihuacan. Photo: Linda M. Nicholas.

Detail of intricate wood carving, with a man with a sword and a horse depicted

The Tushanwan Jesuit Orphanage Wooden Screen

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The Field Museum

Mysterious Madonna and Child Scroll

Left: Pieces of eggshell and small bones laid out in rows. Right: A young boy and an older woman carry live turkeys by the feet through a market.

Unearthing Evidence of Turkey Domestication 1,500 Years Ago

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Left: Turkey bones and eggshells from 1,500 years ago discovered in Oaxaca, Mexico. Right: A boy with domestic turkeys in Oaxaca. Both images 

Illustration of a long house with wood beams

Democracy and the Iroquois Constitution

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Illustration of an Iroquois Long House. Image

Why did King Tut have a flat head?

Two sculptures, created by French paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès, give a breathtakingly lifelike look at human relatives—Homo ergaster and Homo neanderthalensis.

Bringing Neanderthals to Life: Sculptures of Elisabeth Daynès

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Copyright ès — Reconstructions: Elisabeth Daynès Paris

A coastline with cliffs, green hills, and blue water with a small sailboat

Window to the Past: Alepotrypa Cave

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Photo

Documenting and Cleaning 'Minirdis'

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Conservator Mimi Leveque examines and documents the condition of the shroud. Photo credit – JP Brown.

Two views of the coffin of Minirdis, from above (front) and one side.

Opening the Coffin of Minirdis

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Photos by Sophie Hammond-Hagman.

Mummy Brains

Putting Heads Together

America for Bulgaria Foundation (ABF) Archaeological Program at the AIA-APA Conference

Radiography of a Baining Mask

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Piecing Together Early Societies

The Lom River Valley Unseen

Gilded Lady, The Mummy

Science at FMNH : Ep. 42 – The Production of Maya Blue

Science at FMNH : Ep. 41 – Ancient Trade and Political Relationships in South America

Science at FMNH : Ep. 35 - Exploring Kish

CT Scanning our Mummies

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CT scan of a mummy

Field Museum–University of Illinois at Chicago Joint Doctoral Program In Anthropology

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The Roman and Etruscan Gallery

Field Summer Institute for Educators

Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories & the TEAACH Act Workshops

On the city's lakefront to perform a chant to greet the sunrise, Chicago-based Hula practitioners gather around an `ipu heke, a traditional Hawaiian percussion implement made of two gourds.

Chicago’s Legacy Hula

The first gallery of the Cyrus Tang Hall of China, with a map table in the foreground and a large circle of video screens above the exhibition display cases.

Cyrus Tang Hall of China

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A three-quarter view of the front of the Maori Meeting HouseCarvings decorate the house’s walls and beams. At the apex of the gabled roof are two carved faces. One is Ruatepupuke, for whom this house is named.

Maori Meeting House, Ruatepupuke II

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Maori Meeting House Ruatepupuke II

Regenstein Halls of the Pacific

Two visitors sit together on a bench, looking at life-size sculptures of people by Malvina Hoffman. In the foreground several bronze busts are displayed in a glass case.

Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman

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Gary Feinman

Michelle Brownlee

William Parkinson

Christina Thompson

Julia Kennedy

Media for Cultures of Africa

Christopher Philipp

Emily Starck

Robert Martin

Robert  Martin

Alaka Wali

Sam Frank

Media

Jonathan Haas

John Terrell

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Laure Dussubieux

Erin Murphy

Ryan Williams

JP Brown

Stacy Drake

Lauren Hancock

Elana Dux

Deborah Bekken

Lisa Niziolek

Foreman Bandama

Christina Friberg

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Jamie Kelly

“X-ray gun” helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck

A shipwreck and an 800-year-old “Made in China” label reveal lost history

Read, Watch, Listen, Visit: Student Resource List | China Toolkit

Investigating the Qingming Scroll | China Toolkit

Pepeha (For Non-Māori)

Exploring Objects | China Toolkit

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Our Voices, Our Stories

An ancestor from one of Michigan’s Odawa communities made this quillwork box, ca. 1890-1910, for sale to tourists. Such baskets were, and still are, created for utilitarian use.

North American Collections

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Mashteuiatsh Sharing Project: Solving Complex issues with Good Will

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New Guinean Clays

carved and painted masks in storage boxes

Drama masks (topeng) from West and Central Java, Indonesia, c.1880. Used in a wayang topeng dance drama in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. About 80 such masks are in the collection of The Field Museum. Carved from soft wood and painted in traditional patterns and colors, they are among the oldest and most beautiful Indonesian masks in the United States.  GN91437_14d

Photo Archives - Anthropology Collection

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Javanese Mask Collection

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Andean Clays

Andean Fine-grained Volcanics

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Early Pacific Collections

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Malanggan (also malagan) figure - carved and painted wooden bird with outstretched wings holding a serpent in its beak from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.  Catalog Number 967.98641.  Received from J. F. G. Umlauff.  © The Field Museum, A110311c, Photographers* Ron Testa and Diane Alexander White.*

Contemporary Pacific Collections

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A part of dress called kiekie, an ornamental girdle worn by women in the Kingdom of Tonga around the waist and over a skirt or tupenu (wrapped garment) underneath.  This kiekie was purchased for the Museum’s collections *by Regenstein Collections Manager Christopher J. Philipp in 2010.  Temporary Number T2010.0017.  © The Field Museum, Photographer Christopher J. Philipp.

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Latin American Textile Collections

Polynesian Collections

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Detail of mahau - exterior porch panels from Ruatepupuke II – wharenui – Maori meeting house from Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand. Catalog Number 967.143961. © The Field Museum, A109973_15c, Photographer Ron Testa.

Dr. Berthold Laufer (left) with two men and one boy. ca. 1904.  A98299

Berthold Laufer

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Culture: Research

Fishes - Loan Policies

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Anthropology Policies

Carl Schuster References

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Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories and the TEAACH Act

Gantz Family Collections Center Policies

A woman, Maritza Garcia, wearing a light blue dress and a headdress with a feather, performs a dance in front of onlookers at the land acknowledgment ceremony.

Making Room for Native American Voices

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Land Acknowledgment

Anthropology Collections

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