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Water in the Ancient World

Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

October 2, 2010

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As part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Year of Water—a multidisciplinary program of events and exhibitions—Penn Museum offers this afternoon symposium highlighting the challenges of water management in ancient times. Penn Museum scholars and invited specialists dive in, exploring the myths around and evidence for the Great Flood, the engineering marvels of Roman and Indus civilizations and the watery landscapes of Amazonia and Mesoamerica. The program includes National Geographic Society archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert, whose underwater research with Robert Ballard in the Black Sea identified the remains of ancient floods, and Vernon Scarborough from the University of Cincinnati, who discusses how sustainable water use by ancient civilizations can provide models for our current response to global climate change. Visitors also enjoy a new display of the Museum's famous ancient Sumerian “Flood Tablet” along with objects and photographs illustrating the power of water to both sustain and destroy life in ancient Mesopotamia.