Lecture by Marie-Laure Chambrade on "Waterscapes of Ancient Persia"

Marie-Laure Chambrade will give a lecture about "Investigating Waterscapes of Ancient Persia: The Contribution of the Persepolis Expedition Archives" on Monday, February 18, 2019, at 3:30 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Emeritus Professor Miguel Civil, Leading Expert in Sumerian, Passes Away at 92

Miguel Civil, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, passed away on January 13, 2019. He was widely considered the world's leading expert in the Sumerian language.

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Lecture by Klaus Wagensonner on Handbook of Cuneiform Characters

Klaus Wagensonner will give a lecture about "Putting Signs in Order: Notes on a Pocked-Sized Handbook of Cuneiform Characters" on Friday, February 1, 2019, at 4:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Shlomit Bechar on the Late Bronze Age Palaces at Hazor

Shlomit Bechar will give a lecture about "The Late Bronze Age Palaces at Hazor" on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Hanan Charaf on Lebanon in the Days of the Canaanites

Hanan Charaf will give a lecture about "Lebanon in the Day sof the Canaanites: Recent Discoveries from the Middle Bronze Age" on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at 12:00 PM in the LaSalle Banks Room of the Oriental Institute.

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Lecture by Brian Rose on Troy and Gordion

Brian Rose will give a lecture about "Troy and Gordion: The Historiography of Excavation at Two Legendary Sites in Anatolia" on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:00 PM in Social Sciences Room 122.

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Oriental Institute Annual Report 2017–19 Now Available

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute 2017–18 Annual Report.

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Oriental Institute News & Notes, Issue 240, Winter 2019, Now Available

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago announces the online publciation of Oriental Institute News & Notes Issue 240 (Winter 2019).

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Lecture by Stephen Chrisomalis on "Ancient Written Numerals"

Stephen Chrisomalis will give a lecture about "How to Choose a Number: Multimodal Variations in Ancient Written Numerals" on Wednesday, December 5, at 7:00 PM in Social Sciences Room 122.

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Interview with Gil Stein Now Available on the OI Podcast in iTunes

Lectures, interviews, and more are now available for listening and download on the Oriental Institute Podcast through iTunes and SoundCloud. As part of the launch, former OI director Gil Stein's oral history is now available as a podcast on iTunes for the first time.

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