Visited the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. It would take two days to do it justice. Didn't make it to Meso-America or the Far East.

The Sphinx of Ramses II at the Penn Museum of Archaeology in Philadelphia is the largest ancient granite sphinx in the Western Hemisphere and serves as the museum's signature centerpiece.

Pharaoh Ramses II

Stele of the Code of Hammurabi (specifically a museum cast/replica, such as the one on display in the Penn Museum's Middle East Galleries). The text begins with a prologue glorifying Hammurabi's piety and conquests, transitions into 282 case-by-case legal provisions ("if a man does X, then Y shall happen" covering property, family law, trade, and physical harm—including the famous principle of lex talionis, or "an eye for an eye"), and concludes with an epilogue invoking divine blessings on future rulers who uphold the laws and curses on those who erase them. (Gemini AI)

The Ur Lament: The upstart kings of Isin lament the fall of Ur even as they present themselves as Ur's successors. City, bitter is the lament made for you! How long will it grieve the weeping Nana? ... Ur has been given over to tears! ... Where the dances of the Land once took place, people are stacked in heaps. The corpses like fat left in the sun, melted away of their own accord. ... The king of Isin's personal god brings you a greeting gift. Nanna, in your restored city may you be properly praised.

Fascinating. A doll with movable legs and arms.

 Eastern Bumblebee: This stuff is G-R-E-A-T!

Garden Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium / Dendranthema grandiflorum), commonly known as a Mum (likely a decorative or cushion variety with rich magenta/purple-toned ray florets). (Narrative - Gemini AI)

 Metallic Sweat Bee (Family Halictidae, likely in the subgenus Dialictus of Lasioglossum or a related small metallic bee). The iridescent sheen across the thorax and wings is characteristic of these small native pollinators.

Flower: White Clover (Trifolium repens), showing an individual flower head made up of small tubular florets.  (Narrative from Gemini AI)

Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens), a common and vital native pollinator. The dense, pale yellow-to-whitish pile across the thorax paired with an entirely black lower abdomen and glossy compound eye are classic field marks.

Stonecrop / Autumn Joy Sedum (Hylotelephium spectabile, formerly Sedum spectabile), shown in its late-summer stage where the tightly clustered, broccoli-like green buds are just beginning to blush with pink tips before opening. (Narrative by Gemini AI)

 A more intimate photo of a False Daisy.

 A sense of perspective.