Highlights of the Collections Publication Available Now
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the print and online publication of a new title: Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum, edited by Jean M. Evans, Jack Green, and Emily Teeter.
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New Evidence for a Late Fifth Dynasty Settlement Quarter at Tell Edfu
The American mission at Tell Edfu, directed by Prof. Nadine Moeller and Dr. Gregory Marouard from The Oriental Institute / University of Chicago has discovered two mudbrick buildings of monumental size dating to the late 5th Dynasty, ca. 2400 BCE, at the ancient town of Tell Edfu.
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Collaborative Project Studies Climate Change in Antiquity
The Humanities without Walls Consortium supports research at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and Purdue University to study the social respose to climage change in antiquity.
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Lecture by David Silverman on "The Other Book of the Dead"
David Silverman, Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania; Curator in Charge of the Egyptian Collection, Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, will give a lecture about "The Other Book of the Dead" on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at 7:00 PM in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Yorke Rowan and Eastern Badia Archaeological Project Featured in Jordan Times
Work in the "Black Desert" of eastern Jordan by the Eastern Badia Archaeological Project , a joint project of the Oriental Institute, and Senior Research Associate Yorke Rowan, and Whitman College, was featured in the Jordan Times in an article by Saeb Rawashdeh, "Piles of Rocks in Jordans' Black Desert Offer Clues to Ancient Past."
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Professor Larry Stager, Leader in Near Eastern Archaeology, Passes Away at 74
Larry Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel, Emeritus, Harvard University, died on December 29th after a home accident. He would have been 75 years old on January 5, 2018.
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Lunchtime Gallery Talk by Emily Teeter on "Communicating with the Beyond in Ancient Egypt"
Emily Teeter will give a lunchtime gallery talk about "Communicating with the Beyond in Ancient Egypt" on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at 12:15–1:00 pm in the Oriental Institute Museum.
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Lecture by Hasan Ahmed Qasim on "The Evolution of Archaeological Research in Kurdistan"
Hasan Ahmed Qasim will give a lecture about "The Evolution of Archaeological Research in Kurdistan (Province of Duhok)" on Monday, January 8, 2018, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Yorke Rowan on "New Discoveries in the Black Desert, Jordan"
Yorke Rowan will give a lecture about "Kites, Tombs, and Houses in the 'Land of Conjecture:' New Discoveries in the Black Desert, Jordan" on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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SAOC 72, The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis, is Now Available
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the publication of a new title available in print and online complimentary download: The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis, by Mark B. Garrison. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 72. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2017.
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