Step 1 Artifact Search: Fall Quarter Research Paper Begins!

Here is the link to the handout from class today, with the hyperlinks to the galleries at the Oriental Institute as well as the articles from National Geographic, etc. regarding the endangered or destroyed cultural artifacts. All requirements and due dates are contained in this document.

Today, we began STEP ONE which requires you to (1) decide to pursue either Assyria or Egypt, (2) find an artifact you want to explore from the Oriental Institute, and (3) find a complementary artifact from Egypt or Iraq (either in a museum or in situ).  You may search the Oriental Institute from the comfort of your home using the below link and keyword search OR you may walk over there (address 1155 E. 58th).  It is closed on Mondays, open Wednesday only from 10-8, and open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10-5.  When you need to explore the underlying kingdom and time period, you should use http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Authentication/LogOn?returnUrl=%2F.  I gave you the username and password in class. 

http://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/ (Oriental Institute at University of Chicago)

Here is a book published by the Oriental Institute which contains countless Egyptian artifacts, along with secondary source material. 

http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/MUS_Egyptian_Museum.htm (Supreme Council of Antiquities, Cairo) There are also a number of books which contain the collections of artifacts from the museum in Cairo.  See for example this Google Books search: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Egyptian+Treasures+from+the+Egyptian+Museum+in+Cairo+