Egypt
PJ Star (Mike Ramsey)
The OI Museum has its own website, which has recently been updated and now has the same look and feel as the rest of the OI website, and has a page dedicated to the Egyptian Gallery (click on the thumbnail to see the full sized image).
- Online Resource: Before The Pyramids
Oriental Institute Thanks to Ancient World Online for the above link. Newly available from the Oriental Institute: Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization. Edited by Emily Teeter...
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Public Radio Radio inverview (audio) for which the introductory paragraphs are below: “Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920,” is on display at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute through...
- Exhibition: More Re Pioneers To The Past
Media-Newswire A new exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum chronicles an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey 90 years ago by James Henry Breasted, a famed archaeologist who brought back Egyptian artifacts to Chicago....
- Online Publication Of More Oi Titles
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has announced the online publication of fifteen Egyptology titles, free of charge. MISC. The Burden of Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture. By John A. Wilson. Oriental Institute Essay....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...
Egypt
Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago
PJ Star (Mike Ramsey)
The Oriental Institute Museum showcases 8,000 artifacts from some of the ancient empires - including those of Mesopotamia, Persia and Egypt - that gave birth to modern civilization. Some of the oldest cultural relics go back more than 5,000 years.See the above page for more.
Impressive stuff. Yet, the free Hyde Park attraction has only a relatively modest attendance of about 60,000 visitors each year. In fact, some refer to the 16,000-square-foot museum as the proverbial hidden jewel. "It drives us crazy when people call us that," says Gil Stein, director of the Oriental Institute that oversees the site. Stein said the museum doesn't have much of a marketing budget to compete with Chicago's major tourism draws. He added that the institute's mission is largely academic and driven by the continuing research of staff archaeologists.
Still, officials at the museum are hoping for a higher public profile, with the conclusion of a $15 million renovation that was finished last year.
The OI Museum has its own website, which has recently been updated and now has the same look and feel as the rest of the OI website, and has a page dedicated to the Egyptian Gallery (click on the thumbnail to see the full sized image).
- Online Resource: Before The Pyramids
Oriental Institute Thanks to Ancient World Online for the above link. Newly available from the Oriental Institute: Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization Before the Pyramids: The Origins of Egyptian Civilization. Edited by Emily Teeter...
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Public Radio Radio inverview (audio) for which the introductory paragraphs are below: “Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920,” is on display at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute through...
- Exhibition: More Re Pioneers To The Past
Media-Newswire A new exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum chronicles an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey 90 years ago by James Henry Breasted, a famed archaeologist who brought back Egyptian artifacts to Chicago....
- Online Publication Of More Oi Titles
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has announced the online publication of fifteen Egyptology titles, free of charge. MISC. The Burden of Egypt: An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture. By John A. Wilson. Oriental Institute Essay....
- Ancient Nubia In Chicago
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060216/nubia.shtml"Some of the world’s most significant artifacts from Nubia, an ancient African civilization that had important connections to Egypt, will go on display Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Museum of the Oriental...