Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

@ISAC_UChicago

ISAC of @UChicago, a leading research center for the cultures of ancient West Asia and North Africa, houses a world-renowned museum.

Chicago, IL

isac.uchicago.edu

Joined October 2009

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
@ISAC_UChicago
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It's #TabletTuesday! The tablet here shows a student impressing a basic sign over and over again, in order to help with memorization. They shaped tablet with three columns with the horizontal wedges. Once the student was able to write these simple signs, they could graduate on to
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
@ISAC_UChicago
Nov 3
This week we're looking at materials relating to schools and students in the ISAC collection! We are not just looking at students and schools in antiquity but also in ISAC Archives. As we see here, Watson Boyes ((1891–1964) is giving students a tour of the museum to students. In
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
@ISAC_UChicago
Oct 30
This week, some of the trees we were featuring could be identified by their appearance. In the case of this statue from the site of Tell Agrab in the Diyala, however, it is not clear what this is or even if it is a tree. Or to be more precise, part of a tree. The man is wearing a
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
@ISAC_UChicago
Oct 29
The dry climate of Egypt means that we have not only the ancient Egyptian depictions of trees, but the actual trees themselves. Excavations in 1886 at the tomb of Sennedjem (TT1), a Ramesside official under the reigns of Seti I and Ramses II. The tomb, which held not just
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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
@ISAC_UChicago
Oct 29
There's still time to register for the ASOR-ISAC teacher workshop which will be on November 21! Join the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) and the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) for a hands-on workshop created for K–12 educators. Workshop Schedule
ASOR
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