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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

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