Oriental Institute

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The OI of , a leading research center for the ancient Middle East, houses a world-renowned museum with artifacts excavated mainly by OI archaeologists.

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Joined October 2009

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  1. Oct 24

    Join our Cat of the Month calendar and receive a desktop, phone, and wall calendar as well as other special-cat related content on a monthly basis! Click here to fill out the form to receive our upcoming calendar:

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  2. Oct 24

    Happy ! Sekhmet, usually depicted as a lioness or a woman with the head of a lioness, is the ancient Egyptian goddess of war—she also destroyed the enemies of the sun god Re! E11139: Sekhmet holding a papyrus stalk, faience, Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26

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  3. Oct 23

    Join us on Sat, Oct 31 from 4pm to 7pm (CST) for a special virtual Mummies Night. Put on your costume and join in all evening for a mummy celebration that can’t be missed! (Recommended for ages 4+, accompanied by an adult) Learn more & register here:

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  4. Oct 22

    Upcoming publication: Antoin Sevruguin: Past and Present! Explore late 19th-century Iran through the gaze of one of its most renowned photographers, Antoin Sevruguin. This volume publishes for the first time the OI Museum’s complete collection of 19th-century Iranian photographs!

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  5. Oct 21

    this provokes the wrath of Enlil and the other gods, who send the Gutians to ravage Akkad—leading to the end of the city of Akkad and the Akkadian Empire. A30204: clay, Iraq, Nippur, Akkadian period (2334–2154 BC)

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  6. Oct 21

    Naram-Sin tries to figure out what caused this indignation, but gave up and had his armies attack and destroy Ekur, the temple of Enlil, in the city of Nippur;

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  7. Oct 21

    The tale is about the Akkadian king Naram-Sin (who reigned 2261–2224 BC) and his conflict with the gods, especially Enlil. It started when Enlil banned the gods from blessing the city of Akkad.

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  8. Oct 21

    Who doesn’t love a good old fashion curse (probably the person who is getting cursed)? Inscribed on this tablet is a portion of The Curse of Agade, a Mesopotamian story that dates to the Ur III period (2112–2004 BC).

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  9. Oct 19

    Join Museum curator, Kiersten Neumann on Wed, October 21 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (CST) for the virtual gallery talk: A Century of Discovery: The Oriental Institute Museum. Register here:

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  10. Oct 19

    This week we will be exploring & ! But first, we offer a bit of protection w/ a group of amulets that were discarded in a well of an Assyrian temple. A11652, 11661–5: faience, shell, and ivory, , Dur-Sharrukin, Nabu Temple, Roman period (1st–3rd centuries AD)

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  11. Oct 17

    Here, kitty. This painting, by Nina M. Davies, depicts a relief carving of a from the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1502–1482 BC) at Deir el-Bahri in Western , .

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  12. Oct 16

    We are finishing off our week of looking at with the pyramid of Tarekeniwal (~2nd century AD) in the ancient city of Meroë, which is located on the east bank of the Nile in ! Here, we have a view of the chapel and pyramid from the southeast side.

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  13. Oct 15

    Download this week’s workbook to make your very own mini pyramid and color a tomb relief:

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  14. Oct 15

    The second image shows a closer view of the monument, which resembles a (a rectangular stepped tower) with a temple-like structure on top, which contains the tomb chamber itself.

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  15. Oct 15

    Taken from an altitude of 1,220 meters, this photograph of the tomb of Cyrus the Great at , , was captured on May 9, 1936, by the OI’s Aerial Survey Expedition!

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  16. Oct 14

    This lecture will remain up after the premiere. Subscribe to the OI YouTube channel for first notice on all of our lectures and videos.

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  17. Oct 14

    Tonight (October 14), "Truth or Consequences: The Issues With Displaying Things from the Holy Land!" Join us at 7 p.m. (CST) on the OI YouTube channel as Morag Kersel explores the consequences created by the desire to own, interpret, & display material remains from the Holy Land.

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  18. Oct 13

    His successors not only imitated his idea of a cliff tomb but also copied the layout of the tomb itself... ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!’ Learn more about the royal tombs here:

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  19. Oct 13

    Although Naqsh-i-Rustam had long been a sacred area (as the remains of a Pre-Achaemenid relief show), Darius the Great was the first to choose it as a burial place.

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  20. Oct 13

    About 4.8 kilometers northwest of in lies the imposing site of Naqsh-i-Rustam in the mountain range of Husain Kuh, where Darius the Great and his successors had their monumental tombs carved into the cliff.

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