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Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

The Oriental Institute is a museum and research organization devoted to the study of the ancient Near East. Founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted, the Institute, a part of the University of Chicago, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the archaeology, philology, and history of early Near Eastern civilizations. The Institute has undertaken projects in every part of the ancient Near East, including the Nile Valley, Mesopotamia, Persia, parts of the Ottoman Empire, and the lands of the Bible. Institute scholars also maintain research projects in Chicago, such as dictionaries and lexicons of ancient Akkadian, Hittite, Demotic, Egyptian, and Sumerian.

The first official publication of The Oriental Institute appeared in 1922 as Communication Number 1 - The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago: A Beginning and a Program . In this book, James Henry Breasted recounted the events leading to the founding of The Oriental Institute and the achievements of recent years. Today, this series as well as eleven others are published by The Oriental Institute. The individual works deal with excavation reports, linguistic and historical studies, translations of and commentaries on texts from all cultures of the ancient Near East. Although the faculty of The Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages of The University of Chicago are well represented among the authors, scholars from many institutions are also included.

Until the middle 1970s, most of the publications of The Oriental Institute were printed and distributed by The University of Chicago Printing Department and Press. The Institute received a percentage of the sales income in the form of royalties. During that time, the task of producing Oriental Institute publications was increasingly contracted to freelance designers, editors and artists outside the Institute. This was to change in 1976 when the entire publications program was reorganized as an "in-house" operation. Today, the publication office of the Institute numbers two full-time staff members and four work study students who edit, design, produce and distribute publications using state-of-the-art computer equipment. A reflection of the increased efficiency of the in-house publishing program which is entirely overseen by The Oriental Institute is the appearance of thirty-nine volumes in various series during the last seven years.

Not only are excavation reports and historical and linguistic studies published promptly, making the research available to scholars and the public, but the publications department maintains a broad distribution and exchange program with scholarly institutions in other parts of the world.

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The 1905-1907 Breasted Expedition to Egypt and the Sudan, Volume 2: A Photographic Study
The two visits that James H Breasted made to Egyptian Nubia and the Sudan produced an archive of nearly 1,100 photographs, many of which are published here. viii + 16p (booklet), 7 b/w fiche (571 frames) (Microeditions Special Publications, Oriental ...
Microfiche. Price GB £9.50

The 1919/20 Breasted Expedition to the Near East:A Photographic Study
In the spring of 1919, James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute, began a year long expedition to the Near East. Accompanied by Daniel D Luckenbill and several graduate students, Breasted travelled extensively through Egypt, Iraq, Syria, ...
Microfiche. Price GB £9.50

Lost Egypt, Volume I: A Limited Edition Portfolio Series of Photographic Images from Egypt's Past
The Epigraphic Survey
These limited edition photographic prints are from the Epigraphic Survey's unique archive of over eight hundred large-format glass plate negatives, which were taken in Egypt between 1880 and 1930, and which provide an extraordinary impression of the land ...
Hardback. Price GB £1,500.00

Lost Egypt, Volume II
The Epigraphic Survey
These limited edition photographic prints are from the Epigraphic Survey's unique archive of over eight hundred large-format glass plate negatives, which were taken in Egypt between 1880 and 1930, and which provide an extraordinary impression of the land ...
Hardback. Price GB £1,500.00

Lost Egypt, Volume III
The Epigraphic Survey
These limited edition photographic prints are from the Epigraphic Survey's unique archive of over eight hundred large-format glass plate negatives, which were taken in Egypt between 1880 and 1930, and which provide an extraordinary impression of the land ...
Hardback. Price GB £1,500.00

Medinet Habu IX. The Eighteenth Dynasty Temple, Part I: The Inner Sanctuaries, with Translations of Texts, Commentary, and Glossary
by The Epigraphic Survey
With this volume, the Epigraphic Survey returns to its series of publications dedicated to the reliefs and inscriptions of the Medinet Habu complex, a series inaugurated in 1930 with the publication of the war scenes and earlier historical records from ...
Hardback. Price GB £300.00

Medinet Habu, Volume VIII: The Eastern High Gate with Translations of Texts
The Epigraphic Survey
At the end of the 19th century, during the first year of his commission to copy inscriptions for the proposed German-Egyptian dictionary, Professor James Henry Breasted wrote, "I am now laying plans to copy not merely the historical, but all the ...
Hardback. Price GB £67.50

The Oriental Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report

The Oriental Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report The Oriental Institute Annual Reports contain yearly summaries of the activities of the Institute's faculty, staff, and research projects, as well as descriptions of special events and other Institute functions. The reports are complimentary to Members and Donors of the Oriental Institute and are here offered to a general audience for the first time. 288p, 304 illus. (The Oriental Institute of the ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.95

Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple, Volume 1: The Festival Procession of Opet in the Colonnade Hall
The Epigraphic Survey
This latest in the series of publications of the field work of the Epigraphic Survey is certainly the crowning achievement of the seventy years the Oriental Institute's artists and epigraphers have labored at the walls of the temples and tombs of Luxor, ...
Hardback. Price GB £260.00

Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple, Volume 2: The Facade, Portals, Upper Register Scenes, Columns, Marginalia, and Statuary in the Colonnade Hall
The Epigraphic Survey
The second volume of the Epigraphic Survey's series on Luxor Temple is devoted to the in situ reliefs and inscriptions of Tutankhamun's Colonnade Hall that were not documented in the first of the series, The Festival Procession of Opet in the Colonnade ...
Hardback. Price GB £165.00