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Publisher: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago The 1905-1907 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan: A Photographic Study 
 "A revised catalog of the 1055 photographs contained in an Oriental Institute text/microfiche publication," browsable by the name of the geographical site. From the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/breasted/ Topics: Archaeology, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Feb 17, 2007 The Oriental Institute Museum
Take a virtual tour of the galleries on history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Middle East. The site includes a selection of highlights from the collection, organized by region and by subject, and exhibitions and catalogs of their photograph archives, with selected images available from archaeological and survey expeditions from 1892 to the present. The Teacher Resource Center (TRC) features activities and artifacts on the ancient Near East for middle school educators. http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/ Topics: Archaeology, History By Place, International Governments, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections: Regional, Regions of the World Last updated Feb 17, 2007 The Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP)
The project is dedicated to "research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, the construction and function of the Sphinx, the Great Pyramids, the associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity." Features background information on the construction of the Giza plateau computer model. From the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/giz/ Topics: Archaeology, Architecture Last updated Feb 17, 2007 Lost Treasures From Iraq
The project's primary goal is to help recover objects stolen during and after the Iraq war begun April 2003. The developing database is browsable by category, material (clay, stone, bronze/copper, gold, ivory), or type of artifact (figurines, inlays, jewelry, metal vessels, musical instruments, pottery, reliefs, seals, sculpture, stone vessels, terracotta). "What's New" lists new additions to the collection. From the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/IRAQ/iraq.html Topics: Archaeology, Arts and Humanities, Crafts Last updated Jan 3, 2005 Archaeological Site Photography
Dozens of photos taken between 1973 and 1990 of archaeological sites relating to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Includes maps of sites and browsable lists of locations such as Babylon, Ur, Giza, and Luxor. From the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/lab/photos/ Topics: Archaeology, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Feb 9, 2007 |
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