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Oriental Institute Podcast

The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is a leading research center for the ancient Middle East. The museum houses some 350,000 artifacts — around 5,000 of which are on display — excavate... Read more

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1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric ClineProfessor of Classics and AnthropologyChair of the Department of C... Read more

22 Apr 2019

52mins

Ranked #2

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Uncovering History Episode 6: Awakening the Dead for Love

Uncovering History Episode 6: Awakening the Dead for Love

Awakening the Dead for Love | Robert Ritner, Rowe Professor of Egyptology, and Foy Scalf, OIIn this episode Steven talks... Read more

30 Apr 2020

41mins

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Judean and Egyptian Novellas of the Achaemenid and Hellenistic Periods by Joey Cross

Judean and Egyptian Novellas of the Achaemenid and Hellenistic Periods by Joey Cross

Joey Cross, PhD candidate in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, pr... Read more

14 Apr 2020

58mins

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The Rise of Ancient Israel and Other Problematic Entities by Ayelet Gilboa

The Rise of Ancient Israel and Other Problematic Entities by Ayelet Gilboa

Oriental Institute Membership lecture for CentennialThe Rise of Ancient Israel and Other Problematic EntitiesAyelet Gilb... Read more

31 Mar 2020

1hr 16mins

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How Ancient Israel Began by David Ilan

How Ancient Israel Began by David Ilan

David A. Kipper Ancient Israel Lecture Series:How Ancient Israel Began: A New Archaeological PerspectiveDavid Ilan, Hebr... Read more

23 Oct 2019

1hr 8mins

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Assyrian Imperial Power by Karen Radner

Assyrian Imperial Power by Karen Radner

Assyrian Imperial Power and How to Oppose Itby Karen RadnerAlexander von Humboldt-Professor for Ancient History of the N... Read more

12 Jul 2019

1hr 11mins

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Sex in Babylonia by Jerry Cooper

Sex in Babylonia by Jerry Cooper

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sex in Babylonia . . .Lecture by Jerry Cooper, W. W. Spence Professor of S... Read more

28 Aug 2019

57mins

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A Game of Thrones and Coffins by Robert Ritner

A Game of Thrones and Coffins by Robert Ritner

A Game of Thrones and Coffins: The Death and Resurrection of Osirisby Robert RitnerProfessor of EgyptologyThis particula... Read more

16 Apr 2019

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Uncovering History Episode 1

Uncovering History Episode 1

Uncovering History Episode 1In this podcast, Steven Townshend talks to Tasha Vorderstrasse about the queen Semiramis, th... Read more

16 Apr 2019

12mins

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On Judicial Violence in Mesopotamia: The Problem of An Eye For An Eye by Martha Roth

On Judicial Violence in Mesopotamia: The Problem of An Eye For An Eye by Martha Roth

OI Centennial Year Members' Lecture"On Judicial Violence in Mesopotamia: The Problem of an Eye for an Eye"Martha RothCha... Read more

5 Mar 2020

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A New Iron Age Kingdom in Anatolia by James Osborne and Michele Massa

A New Iron Age Kingdom in Anatolia by James Osborne and Michele Massa

A New Irong Age Kingdom in AnatoliaJames OsborneAssistant Professor of Anatolian ArchaeologyMichele MassaBritish Institu... Read more

9 Jan 2020

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Uncovering History Episode 2

Uncovering History Episode 2

Uncovering History Episode 2In this podcast, Steven Townshend talks to Tasha Vorderstrasse about the Scythians and how t... Read more

27 Apr 2019

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What We Learned from 25 Years of Research at Catalhoyuk by Ian Hodder

What We Learned from 25 Years of Research at Catalhoyuk by Ian Hodder

Braidwood Visiting Scholar LectureWhat we learned from 25 Years of Research at Catalhoyukby Ian HodderStanford Universit... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr 9mins

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Why The West Rules — For Now by Ian Morris

Why The West Rules — For Now by Ian Morris

Why the West Rules — For Nowby Ian MorrisIan Morris, Professor of History at Stanford University, lecture Why the West R... Read more

8 Jan 2019

1hr 3mins

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Interview with Robert McCormick Adams, Part 2

Interview with Robert McCormick Adams, Part 2

Oriental Institute Oral History ProjectCourtesy of the Smithsonian Institution for the Smithsonian Institution ArchivesP... Read more

17 Jul 2019

49mins

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Star Wars and Religion by Russell Johnson

Star Wars and Religion by Russell Johnson

Star Wars and ReligionRussell JohnsonUniversity of Chicago Divinity SchoolRussell Johnson, University of Chicago Divinit... Read more

2 Mar 2020

55mins

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Uncovering History Episode 4

Uncovering History Episode 4

Uncovering History Episode 4In this episode, we wrap up our look at ancient influences on George R. R. Martin’s Game of ... Read more

17 May 2019

10mins

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Interview with Gil Stein

Interview with Gil Stein

Former director of the Oriental Institute Gil Stein, Professor of Archaeology, sits down with the oral history project t... Read more

12 Nov 2018

1hr 16mins

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Seven Brides with Seven Stingers: The Scorpion Wives of Horus by Robert Ritner

Seven Brides with Seven Stingers: The Scorpion Wives of Horus by Robert Ritner

Seven Brides with Seven Stingers: The Scorpion Wives of HorusPresented by Robert Ritner, Professor of Egyptology, Univer... Read more

19 Nov 2019

59mins

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Uncovering History Episode 3

Uncovering History Episode 3

Uncovering History Episode 3In this podcast, Steven Townshend talks to Tasha Vorderstrasse about the Umayyad sieges of ... Read more

8 May 2019

15mins

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