OI Announces Joint Publication with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage
The Oriental Institute is proud to announces the joint publication with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage of Nimrud: The Queens' Tomb by Muzahim Mahmoud Hussein, Oriental Institute Miscellaneous Publications (Baghdad: Iraqi Sate Board of Antiquities and Heritage and Chicago: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2016).
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Workshop by Holly Pittman about "Case Study in Glyptic Art"
Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of the History of Art and Curator of the Near Eastern Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, will give a workshop about "Case Study in Glyptic Art: Evaluating the Place of Arslantepe in the Late Chalcolithig and the Late Uruk World" on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 12:00-1:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Neubauer Collegium to Host Workshop on "The Magical Handbooks on Papyrus from Egypt"
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will host a workshop on "The Transmission of Magical Knowledge: The Magical Handbooks on Papyrus from Egypt" featuring talks by Christopher Faraone, Raquel Martín Hernández, and Sofía Torallas Tovar on Friday, May 6, at 4:30-6:30 pm.
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Lecture by Assaf Yasur-Landau about "Resilience and Integrative Archaeology of Maritime Connectivity in Israel"
Assaf Yasur-Landau will give a lecture about "Resilience and Integrative Archaeology of Maritime Connectivity in Israel" on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Holly Pittman about "From Mesopotamia to the Oxus through Iran: Shifting the Center in Bronze Age Trade"
Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania and Curator of the Near Eastern Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, will give a lecture about "Mesopotamia to the Oxus through Iran: Shifting the Center in Bronze Age Trade" on May 11, 2016, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Gil Stein on "Sweet Honey in the Rocks: Honey, Bees, and Beekeeping in the Ancient Near East"
Gil Stein will give a lecture about "Sweet Honey in the Rocks: Honey, Bees, and Beekeeping in the Ancient Near East" on Wednesday, May 4, at 7:00 pm in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Nadine Moeller and Gregory Marouard will give a lecture on "The 2015 Seasons at Kom ed-Dahab, Edfu and Dendara"
Nadine Moeller and Gregory Marouard will give a lecture about "The 2015 Seasons at Kom ed-Dahab, Edfu and Dendara: An Update on Recent Fieldwork Projects of the OI in Egypt" on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Workshop by Holly Pittman about "Art History for Archaeology"
Holly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities, Department of the History of Art and Curator of the Near Eastern Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum, will give a workshop about "Art History for Archaeology" on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 12:00-1:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Lecture by Laurel Bestock on "Forgotten Fortress: Returning to Uronarti"
Laurel Bestock, Brown Univeristy, will give a lecture about "Forgotten Fortress: Returning to Uronarti" on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at 5:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
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Ray Johnson Re-Unites a Statue of Antinous
Director of the Epigraphic Survey Ray Johnson was instrumental in identifying a match between a portrait of Antinous in Chicago and a bust in Rome. The results are features in a video by the Art Institute of Chicago "A Portrait of Antinous in 2 Parts." The exhibit arose from our colleague Ray Johnson’s discovery that a fragmentary sculptured head of Antinous in Chicago at the AIC matched a fragmentary bust of Antinous in Rome. This allowed the fragments to be digitally re-united – its a very impressive piece of work. You can view more in the video on YouTube at this link.
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