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How much money is ISIS actually making from looted art?

In op-ed, postdoctoral fellow Fiona Rose-Greenland discusses research on ISIS’ antiquities trade


The Conversation

Owning Global Heritage: A Look Into The Antiquities Market

<p>Postdoctoral fellow Fiona Rose-Greenland discusses Neubauer Collegium’s antiquities trafficking project</p>


Preserving Persia's glorious past

Persepolis exhibition showcases Oriental Institute's ongoing work on ancient Iran

Intricate Animal and Flower Tattoos Found on Egyptian Mummy

Oriental Institute Research Associate Emily Teeter discusses possible symbolism of ancient tattoo


Scientific American

Making a Difference: 50 Years of Volunteering at Oriental Institute

<p>Video: Carlotta Maher discusses her 50 years of service as&nbsp;Oriental Institute volunteer</p>


NBC Chicago

Visual arts teachers learn how to CoCre8

More than 130 visual arts teachers came to the University of Chicago campus on Friday, Feb. 5 to immerse themselves in some of the CoCre8 program activities designed by arts education coordinators at UChicago’s Arts + Public Life initiative at the Ar...

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How ISIL’s ‘cultural cleansing’ of history is affecting Syria, Iraq

Gil Stein, director of the Oriental Insititute, says Islamic State is ‘destroying the most important cultural monuments of the ancient civilizations of Iraq and Syria’


Al Jazeera America

Drones bring new dimension to archaeology

Aerial surveys transform Oriental Institute studies of ancient dwellings, help track looting


William Harms