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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: http://bit.ly/oi-catofthemonth …pic.twitter.com/hMJWjAksWe
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Happy
#caturday! 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 26pic.twitter.com/KaHvAXZ8Ev
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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: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mummies-night-tickets-117660781565 …pic.twitter.com/eZ8LaOgZ66
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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!pic.twitter.com/MTbMg04yCv
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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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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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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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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).pic.twitter.com/nDf8WxG9I3
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Join
#OI 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: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-century-of-discovery-the-oriental-institute-museum-online-gallery-talk-tickets-124144881683 …pic.twitter.com/BkO4N9LwwB
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This week we will be exploring
#wraths &#curses! 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,#Iraq, Dur-Sharrukin, Nabu Temple, Roman period (1st–3rd centuries AD)pic.twitter.com/ScDW5KmJCb
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We are finishing off our week of looking at
#tombs with the pyramid of Tarekeniwal (~2nd century AD) in the ancient#Nubian city of Meroë, which is located on the east bank of the Nile in#Sudan! Here, we have a view of the chapel and pyramid from the southeast side.pic.twitter.com/cdtW7NjFgu
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Download this week’s workbook to make your very own mini pyramid and color a tomb relief: http://bit.ly/oi-tombbook
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Taken from an altitude of 1,220 meters, this photograph of the tomb of Cyrus the Great at
#Pasargadae,#Iran, was captured on May 9, 1936, by the OI’s Aerial Survey Expedition!pic.twitter.com/Y4oTxaLwhg
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This lecture will remain up after the premiere. Subscribe to the OI YouTube channel for first notice on all of our lectures and videos.https://youtu.be/WwWWQqT6OwQ
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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.pic.twitter.com/XNnLGSdmcA
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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: http://bit.ly/oi-royaltombs
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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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About 4.8 kilometers northwest of
#Persepolis in#Iran 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.pic.twitter.com/gID5bwCcKb
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