Archaeology

UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno’s fossil lab moves to Washington Park Assortment of bones and skeletons inside Sereno's lab

UChicago paleontologist Paul Sereno’s fossil lab moves to Washington Park

New facility includes space for fossil preparation, community programs, and specimens collected from worldwide expeditions

Ten cool research stories you might have missed this year Liquid Crystals

Ten cool research stories you might have missed this year

Synthetic tissue inspired by takeout & sustainably feeding 10 billion people among innovative research

How AI could help translate the written language of ancient civilizations The ancient city of Persepolis in present-day Iran

How AI could help translate the written language of ancient civilizations

Oriental Institute archaeologists help discover lost kingdom in ancient Turkey Pale stone block with faint inscriptions, half submerged in water

Oriental Institute archaeologists help discover lost kingdom in ancient Turkey

Shattered Buddhist statues restored with help from the OI close-up on the face of a cracked plaster statue of a Buddha, with part of its cheek missing

Shattered Buddhist statues restored with help from the OI

OI marks 100 years of discovery in ancient Middle East Tell Edfu

OI marks 100 years of discovery in ancient Middle East

Ancient DNA helps scientists study human evolution: ‘It’s like a time capsule’ El Olivar

Ancient DNA helps scientists study human evolution: ‘It’s like a time capsule’

Oriental Institute helps in return of stolen Persepolis artifact to Iran Thumbnail

Oriental Institute helps in return of stolen Persepolis artifact to Iran

Newly discovered buildings reveal clues to ancient Egyptian dynasties Thumbnail

Newly discovered buildings reveal clues to ancient Egyptian dynasties

Robert McCormick Adams, anthropologist, former provost and Oriental Institute director, 1926-2018

Robert McCormick Adams, anthropologist, former provost and Oriental Institute director, 1926-2018