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

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

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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

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

OI marks 100 years of discovery in ancient Middle East

Miguel Civil, world’s leading scholar of ancient Sumerian, 1926-2019 Thumbnail

Miguel Civil, world’s leading scholar of ancient Sumerian, 1926-2019

University of Chicago’s Miguel Civil, top expert on ancient Sumerian, dead at 92

University of Chicago’s Miguel Civil, top expert on ancient Sumerian, dead at 92


Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92 Miguel Civil

Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, dies at 92

<p>Miguel Civil, preeminent scholar of world’s oldest written language, 1926-2019</p>