“Heroic” dictionary project reaches goal
Now complete after 90 years of UChicago leadership, the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary details everyday life of ancient Mesopotamia.
William Harms
Searching for relics from the dawn of urban life
Oriental Institute team’s exploration of enigmatic 6,000-year-old Syrian site reveals evidence of social inequality, technology.
William Harms
How Iraqi ‘cradle of civilization’ was robbed
Lawrence Rothfield performs inquest into the 2003 looting of museum antiquities.
Lisa Pevtzow
McGuire Gibson
Title: Professor Emeritus of Mesopotamian Architecture
Expertise: Archaeology, Mesopotamia
Departmental website: https://nelc.uchicago.edu/faculty/gibson