The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Located on the campus of the University of Chicago, ISAC is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of ancient West Asia and North Africa. Founded in 1919, the Institute is an internationally recognized pioneer in the archaeology, philology, and history of these regions.
Join us on ISAC YouTube channel as we bring the cutting edge of scholarship from both ISAC and world academics into your home. Explore our shared past with a showcase of the history, art, and archaeology of ancient Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Megiddo, and more.
Epigraphy and Exploration at Beni Hassan, Egypt
The Same Old Problems? Ancient Military Ethics and Modern Conflicts
Cyprus, an Archaeological Crossroads
The Emergence of Pastoralism East of the Jordan Valley
Jacquelyn Williamson | The Sun Temple of Queen Nefertiti
ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Class Five
ISAC Short Class: How to Become an Art Historian Class 4
Rune Nyord | The Modern Making of the Ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead"
ISAC Short Class: How to Become An Art Historian Week Three
ISAC's Epipgraphic Survey Centennial Celebration
ISAC Short Class: How to become an Art Historian Week 2
The Chicago Method: The Epigraphic Survey with J. Brett McClain
ISAC Short Class Video: How to Become an Art Historian Class One
Emily Teeter | The Epigraphic Survey and Chicago House
Eric H. Cline | After 1177 BC
Yorke Rowan | Beyond the Fertile Crescent
Daniel Schwemer | Living in a Precarious World: Magical Rituals from Ancient Mesopotamia
Korshi Dosoo | Christian Egypt and its "Pagan" Past
Marie-Laure Chambrade | Flying Under a Screen of Clouds
Nele Ziegler | Music and Musicians in Mari – a Diachronic Overview
Jeffrey Stackert | Judah in the Shadow of the Assyrian Empire
The Decipherment of Meroitic | Claude Rilly, Sorbonne
ISAC Lecture, Carolina Lopez Ruiz
The Hand of Irulegi
Law and Morality in Sumerian Satirical Tales | Jana Matuszak, ISAC
What Did You Learn in School Today? | Paul Delnero, Johns Hopkins
Back to School in Babylonia: The Aims of Babylonian Education | Susanne Paulus, ISAC
Mesopotamian Ruins and Contemporary Art in Post-Conflict Iraq | Hanaa Malallah and Kiersten Neumann
Visualizing the Pyramids: Old Digs, New Technologies | Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard
Affluent Suburbs or Disenfranchised Banlieue: The Urban Edge at Nippur, Iraq