Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC)

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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

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

Trump’s threat to attack 52 Iranian sites draws criticism, concern

Trump’s threat to attack 52 Iranian sites draws criticism, concern


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Artist reimagines ancient Middle Eastern artifact in vivid color Michael Rakowitz exhibit

Artist reimagines ancient Middle Eastern artifact in vivid color

Persian relief

The Politics of Archaeology In Iraq With Christopher Woods

Art installation inside Mansueto Library dome transforms OI’s ancient figures Aeon exhibit inside Mansueto

Art installation inside Mansueto Library dome transforms OI’s ancient figures

Ancient Persian artifact nearly 2,500 years old returns to Oriental Institute Cleaning the Persepolis relief

Ancient Persian artifact nearly 2,500 years old returns to Oriental Institute

Video: 4,000-pound Ancient Persian artifact returns to the Oriental Institute

Video: 4,000-pound Ancient Persian artifact returns to the Oriental Institute

Burned buildings reveal sacking of ancient Turkish city 3,500 years ago Scholars excavate Sam’al

Burned buildings reveal sacking of ancient Turkish city 3,500 years ago

How the OI’s work has evolved since its 1919 founding electronic stylus and a digital tablet

How the OI’s work has evolved since its 1919 founding