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...
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
Drones bring new dimension to archaeology
Aerial surveys transform Oriental Institute studies of ancient dwellings, help track looting
UChicago
Drones bring new dimension to archaeology
Aerial surveys transform Oriental Institute studies of ancient dwellings, help track looting
Yemeni Heritage, Saudi Vandalism
In op-ed, archaeologist describes Oriental Institute's Dhamar Survey Project in Yemen, which collected thousands of artifacts destroyed by recent Saudi bombing campaign
Technology reveals ancient Egypt’s complex history
Oriental Institute team uses digital tools to capture nuances and share research
William Harms