Oriental Institute- University of Chicago
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.

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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

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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!

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Oriental Institute- University of Chicago The OI is about to embark on 4 excavations this summer in Syria, Turkey, and Israel! Check out www.oi.uchicago.edu for all the information about the research taking place at the OI.

Source: www.oi.uchicago.edu
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, ...
Farzana
Farzana
Wish I could go on a dig. Too bad I have to work for a living.
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The jubilee included a benefit dinner, the world premier of an Oriental Institute film, a silent auction, and the presentation of the Breasted Medallion for exemplary service.
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Oriental Institute- University of Chicago Wants to know why you are interested in the Oriental Institute!

Kate
Kate
I used to love to see the mummies when I was a kid.
Susan
Susan
Place of wonder and revelation in my childhood, continues to intrigue and fascinate me after many decades, in fact, even more now that the exhibits are increasingly visitor-friendly.
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Oriental Institute- University of Chicago What is your favorite gallery in the Museum?

Corinne
Corinne
Persian Gallery
Allan
Allan
I have always been interested in all things Egyptian and this jewel of a museum provides that and more.
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Oriental Institute- University of Chicago is hoping you sign up for our new monthly e-newsletter, the E-Tablet

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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...
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Hello Oriental Institute fans! We are opening a new special exhibit here at the OI focusing on a mummy in our collection Meresamun. In honor of this exhibit Meresamun has created her own facebook page (with a little help from Curator and Egyptologist Emily Teeter)...
Joy
Joy
Peel away the plaster coffin layer by layer to learn about Meresamun's life from Medical Center radiologist Michael Vannier and Oriental Institute Egyptologist Emily Teeter, PhD'90:
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/mummy/meresamun.shtml
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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...
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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...
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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