Lecture by Nico Dogaer on "Ptolemaic State Involvement in the Production and Distribution of Beer"
Nico Dogaer will give a lecture about "Liquid Gold: Ptolemaic State Involvement in the Production and Distribution of Beer" on Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Peter Pfälzner on "Urbanization and Cultural Interaction during the Bronze Age"
Peter Pfälzner will give a lecture about "On the Fringe of Mesopotamia: Investigating Urbanization and Cultural Interaction during the Bronze Age in an Unexplored Part of Iraqi Kurdistan" on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 7:00 PM in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Marian Feldman on "Monumental Architecture and the (De)construction of Memory"
Marian Feldman will give a lecture about "Monument Architecture and the (De)construction of Memory: Ziggurats in the Ur III Period (c. 2100-2000 BCE) in Ancient Mesopotamia" on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 4:30 PM in Stuart Hall room 105.
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Lecture by Lynn Welton on "The CRANE Project and the Legacy of MASS"
Lynn Welton will give a lecture about "The CRANE Project and the Legacy of MASS: Modelling Social and Natural Processes in the Ancient Near East" on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Conference at the Neubauer Collegium on "New Insights into Individual Magical Handbooks"
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will host a conference on "New Insights into Individual Magical Handbooks" on Friday–Saturday, May 18–19, 2018. This conference will center mainly on papers given by an international team of papyrologists who have collaborated on the Transmission of Magical Knowledge project, which is aimed at re-editing and re-translating the magical handbooks from Late-Antique Egypt.
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Lecture by Seth Richarson on "Babylonian Slavery"
Seth Richardson will give a lecturea bout "A Few Things You Might Want to Know about Babylonian Slavery" on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 4:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Kutalmiş Görkay on "Zeugma: The Results of New Archaeological Research"
Kutalmiş Görkay will give a lecture about "Zeugma: The Results of New Archaeological Research" on Monday, May 14, 2018, at 7:00–9:00 PM in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Oriental Institute News & Notes, Issue 237, Spring 2018, Now Available
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute News & Notes Issue 237 (Spring 2018).
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Lecture by Mordechai Aviam on "Yodfat (Jotapata): The Life and Death of a Jewish Galilean Town"
Mordechai Aviam will give a lecture about "Yodfat (Jotapata): The Life and Death of a Jewish Galilean Town" on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 7:00 PM in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Oriental Institute Annual Report 2016-2017 Now Available
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute Annual Report 2016-2017.
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