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Special Exhibit
October 3rd, 2017 – March 31st, 2018
Special Exhibit (Lower Level)
November 22, 2016 – ongoing
Gideon Avni will give a lecture about "Jerusalem between Late Antquity and Early Islam: Urban Zoning and the Creation of a Multicultural City" on Friday, October 6, 2017, at 12:00 pm in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.
Posted on Friday, September 22, 2017
The Oriental Institute will host a screen in Breasted Hall of Letters from Baghdad, the story of a true original — Gertrude Bell (1868–1926)— sometimes called the “female” Lawrence of Arabia, on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum, led by McGuire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology.
Posted on Friday, September 8, 2017
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces complimentary online publication of the 2017 Autumn News & Notes (#235).
Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2017
A photo of this object, currently on display in our Mesopotamian Gallery, was included in a tweet that recently went viral on the internet with nearly 100,000 likes – and counting. The tweet mistakenly identified the artifact as an early version of the modern-day fidget spinner. It is actually a mace head from ancient Mesopotamia.
Posted on Thursday, August 3, 2017
