The University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute will now be known as the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa. (WTTW News)
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“The new name is the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa,” said Theo van den Hout, the museum’s interim director.

On the South Side of Chicago is a relatively small but academically renowned museum whose founder James Henry Breasted helped rewrite the history of human civilization. We go for a look.

Nina de Garis Davies' "Farmers Deliver Their Quota of Geese"

Birds in Ancient Egypt

We take a look at a new exhibit about the role birds played in ancient Egypt.

Oriental Institute curator Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer highlights some of her favorite artifacts in a new exhibit.