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The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Located on the campus of the University of Chicago, ISAC is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of ancient West Asia and North Africa. Founded in 1919, the Institute is an internationally recognized pioneer in the archaeology, philology, and history of these regions.

Join us on ISAC YouTube channel as we bring the cutting edge of scholarship from both ISAC and world academics into your home. Explore our shared past with a showcase of the history, art, and archaeology of ancient Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Megiddo, and more.

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Epigraphy and Exploration at Beni Hassan, Egypt

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The Same Old Problems? Ancient Military Ethics and Modern Conflicts

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Cyprus, an Archaeological Crossroads

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The Emergence of Pastoralism East of the Jordan Valley

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Jacquelyn Williamson | The Sun Temple of Queen Nefertiti

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ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Class Five

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ISAC Short Class: How to Become an Art Historian Class 4

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Rune Nyord | The Modern Making of the Ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead"

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ISAC Short Class: How to Become An Art Historian Week Three

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ISAC's Epipgraphic Survey Centennial Celebration

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ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Week 2

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The Chicago Method: The Epigraphic Survey with J. Brett McClain

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ISAC Short Class Video: How to Become an Art Historian Class One

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Emily Teeter | The Epigraphic Survey and Chicago House

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Eric H. Cline | After 1177 BC

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Yorke Rowan | Beyond the Fertile Crescent

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Daniel Schwemer | Living in a Precarious World: Magical Rituals from Ancient Mesopotamia

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Korshi Dosoo | Christian Egypt and its "Pagan" Past

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Marie-Laure Chambrade | Flying Under a Screen of Clouds

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Nele Ziegler | Music and Musicians in Mari – a Diachronic Overview

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Jeffrey Stackert | Judah in the Shadow of the Assyrian Empire

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The Decipherment of Meroitic | Claude Rilly, Sorbonne

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ISAC Lecture, Carolina Lopez Ruiz

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The Hand of Irulegi

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Law and Morality in Sumerian Satirical Tales | Jana Matuszak, ISAC

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What Did You Learn in School Today? | Paul Delnero, Johns Hopkins

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Back to School in Babylonia: The Aims of Babylonian Education | Susanne Paulus, ISAC

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Mesopotamian Ruins and Contemporary Art in Post-Conflict Iraq | Hanaa Malallah and Kiersten Neumann

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Visualizing the Pyramids: Old Digs, New Technologies | Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard

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Affluent Suburbs or Disenfranchised Banlieue: The Urban Edge at Nippur, Iraq

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Do You Believe in Thoth? My Life With an Amiable Ancient Egyptian God

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The OI has changed its name to ISAC

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Skulls and Animate Houses: The Development of Sedentism and Agriculture in Central Anatolia

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Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities, a panel discussion

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Mauritzio Forte | Unlocking Digital Archaeology

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Katharine Raff | From Plaster to Marble

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Felipe Rojas Silva | Cuneiform and Cross: Early Armenian Reuse of Urartian Inscriptions

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Alison Whyte | Venus With Cupid: Discoveries in the Conservation Lab

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Sofia Torallas Tovar | Egyptians in Athens: Following the Trails of Words

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Emily Teeter | Why Tut Matters

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Jonathan M. Hall | Archaeology and Myth: Some Reflections

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K. Neumann and R. Rumora | Revisiting Roman Sculpture at the OI: Ptolemais and Beyond

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Making Sense of Marbles: Roman Sculpture at the OI | A Special Exhibition

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Jorke Grotenhuis | Hieroglyphic Sign Lists: The Thoth Sign List, Towards a Unicode Expansion

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Talinn Grigor | Persepolis After Lindon Smith: The Modernist Afterlife of the Ruins

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OI Cultural Heritage Initiative

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Hannah Moots | From Wheat to Watermelon: Clues from Ancient DNA about Food and Diet

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Hervé Reculeau | How Did Ancient Mesopotamians Deal with Climate Change

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Kiersten Neumann I Documenting Persepolis and the Paintings of Joseph Lindon Smith

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James Osborne I Ancient Pottery for Beginners: Why Archaeologists Study Ceramics

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Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings | A Special Exhibition at the OI Museum

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Yassaman Ameri | The Inheritance & The Artist

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Fr. Dr. Iskandar Bcheiry | The Life and Homilies of Jacob of Serugh in a Manuscript in the OIM

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Ruth Tringham | Old Europe: House, Fire, the Goddess, and Ambiguity

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Eric Cline | Digging Up Armageddon: Chicago's Search for the Lost City of Solomon

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Visiting the Museum

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Black Adam: Ancient Influences/Contemporary Anti-Hero | Stanford Carpenter, OI Video Podcast

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Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee | Language and Cultural Contact: The Case of Ebla

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OI Armchair Travelers: Iraq

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Drinks Through Time: ImHOPtep

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