The Oriental Institute is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of the ancient Near East. Founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted, the Institute, a part of the University of Chicago.
Information
- Location:
- Chicago, IL, 60637
- Phone:
- 773-702-9520
- Tues:
- 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Wed:
- 10:00 am - 8:30 pm
- Thurs - Sat:
- 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Sun:
- 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Events
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- Catastrophe! The Looting and ...
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Thursday, April 10 at 6:30pm - Technology and the Persian World
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Tuesday, April 8 at 6:00pm - Member's Lecture
The Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall
Wednesday, April 2 at 7:00pm - Post-Doc Conference
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Friday, March 7 at 9:00am - Lecture & Reception- Free and ...
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Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00pm - Lecture & Reception- Free and ...
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Wednesday, February 6 at 7:00pm
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- Sign up for the Monthly E-Newsletter of the Oriental Institute 12:08pm Mar 6
- Become a Mummy's friend 2:57pm Feb 3|1 Comment
- Ancient mummy is 1st Patient for new CT Scanner 9:59am Dec 31
We have a new monthly e-newsletter for the OI, the E-Tablet. You can sign up now via the homepage http://oi.uchicago.edu Go to the bottom of the homepage where you will see the box to sign up your email address...
The Chicago Tribune did a feature story about our mummy Meresamun. Check it out here! http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-big-scanner-25-dec25,0,1223594.story Meresamun will be the feature of our next special exhibit opening to the public Monday, February 9, 2009...
On July 21, 2008, the Neubauer Expedition to Zincirli, directed by Prof. David Schloen of the University of Chicago and by associate director Amir Fink, found an inscribed basalt stele at the site of Zincirli (pronounced “Zin-jeer-lee”) in Gaziantep province in southeastern Turkey...
Visit the University of Chicago Website to read an article about Meresamun, a nearly 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy, who is on her way to radiology for a computerized tomography scan. http://www.uchicago.edu/features/20080804_mummy.shtml
Oriental Institute- University of Chicago You should become friends with Mummy Meresamun on facebook- new 3-D reconstructions of her face are on her profile- be one of the first to see it after 2,800 years. Just search for Mummy Meresamun and friend her!