CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago has changed its name to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC). The U of C reported the ...

The University of Chicago Oriental Institute (OI) has been renamed to the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC), per an email from the University Office of ...

The continuation of projects and research at the Oriental Institute has been called into question following President Donald Trump’s January 27 Executive Order banning immigration from Iran, Iraq, ...

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The museum is introducing a new name with less cringe.The University of Chicago founded the Oriental Institute in 1919 to be on the cutting edge of research into ancient West Asian and North Africa.

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A colossal statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Giant stone walls from the throne room of King Sargon II of Assyria. A massive bull’s head that once guarded the Hundred Columned Hall of Persepolis. These ...

Dreaming of discovering ancient treasures? Meet a mummy, encounter a giant King Tut and dig into the sands of Ur right here in Chicago at the Oriental Institute Museum on the campus of the University ...