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Interior of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

Oriental Institute changes name to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa

Carbon-14 dating, explained A 2,000 wood artifact from an ancient Egyptian coffin.

Carbon-14 dating, explained

Oriental Institute restores ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by climate change A man standing on scaffolding places a large stone block on a forklift driving by another man. The scaffolding is against a stone gateway. A larger temple complex is visible in the background.

Oriental Institute restores ancient Egyptian monuments threatened by climate change

The Fertile Crescent, explained Fertile Crescent Explainer hero image

The Fertile Crescent, explained

Sunrise in Israel

The origins of civilization and the future of archaeology: The Day Tomorrow Began (Ep. 103)

How an Indiana Jones-type figure transformed the field—and the questions scholars are wrestling with today

Robert K. Ritner Jr., eminent Egyptologist and beloved teacher, 1953–2021 Robert Ritner gestures to markings inside a tomb

Robert K. Ritner Jr., eminent Egyptologist and beloved teacher, 1953–2021

What we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19 Grotesque wearing a face mask

What we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19

Norman Golb, renowned scholar of medieval Jewish history, 1928‒2020 Norman Golb sitting at his desk

Norman Golb, renowned scholar of medieval Jewish history, 1928‒2020

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

Ten cool research stories you might have missed this year

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