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• Museum Galleries
  • Mesopotamian Gallery
  • Assyrian Gallery
  • Syro-Anatolian Gallery
  • Megiddo Gallery
  • Egyptian Gallery
  • Nubia Gallery
    • A-Group
    • A-Group Cemeteries
    • A-Group Imports
    • C-Group
    • C-Group Culture
    • Kerma
    • Pan Grave and Medjay
    • Egyptians in C-Group Nubia
    • New Kingdom/Napatan
    • New Kingdom Egypt in Nubia
    • Kushite Kingdom
    • Medieval Nubia
    • Meroitic Period
    • X-Group
    • Medieval Period
    • Nubian Identity
    • Image Gallery
    • Gallery Guide
  • Persian Gallery
  • Virtual Museum
    • What’s New
    • Technical Information
    • Tours
    • Egyptian Gallery
    • Assyrian Gallery
    • Mesopotamian Gallery
    • Persian Gallery
    • Temporary Exhibits
  • Gallery Guide (PDF)
    • Museum Floorplan
    • Ancient Near East Time Line
    • Ancient Near East Map
  • Gallery Tours
• Museum Publications
• Special Exhibits
  • The Life of Meresamun
    • Interactive Museum
    • Gallery of Meresamun Objects
    • Video of the CT Examination
    • View Meresamun CT Scans
    • The Face of Meresamun
    • Visit Meresamun’s Facebook Page
    • Meresamun in Archaeology Magazine
    • Meresamun: A Life in Layers
    • Oriental Institute Press Release
    • Worldwide coverage of Meresamun
    • Buy/download exhibit catalogue
  • Pioneers to the Past
    • Breasted's Letters Blog
    • Letter Archive
• Collections
  • Highlights from the Collections
  • Khorsabad Relief Project
  • Photographic Archives
    • Purchase our Photographs
    • Photographic Database
    • Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Sudan
    • Persepolis & Ancient Iran
    • The 1905–07 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt & Sudan
  • Tablet Collection and Tablet Room
  • NEH Metals Preservation
  • Collections Management
• Gallery Tours
• Self-Guided Audio Tours
• Store (the Suq)
• Public Education
  • Adult Education
  • Children & Family Programs
  • Sunday Films
  • Outreach
  • Teacher Resource Center
  • Curriculum Guides
  • Loan Materials
    • Slide Sets
  • Kids’ Corner
  • Volunteering
  • Annual Reports
• Become A Volunteer
• Conservation Laboratory
• Articles and Annual Reports
• Información en Español

Related Links

• Teaching the Middle East - A Resource for Educators
• Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History

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The Oriental Institute Museum is a world-renowned showcase for the history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The museum displays objects recovered by Oriental Institute excavations in permanent galleries devoted to ancient Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and the ancient site of Megiddo, as well as rotating special exhibits.

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