If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Gordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia and reputed home of King Midas (c. 700 B.C.). Its monuments include the Midas Mound (Tumulus MM), over a hundred smaller burial mounds, and the ancient city of Gordion itself. Studies of the modern forest and steppe vegetation suggest how ancient people may have used different areas...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Gordion was the capital of ancient Phrygia and reputed home of King Midas (c. 700 B.C.). Its monuments include the Midas Mound (Tumulus MM), over a hundred smaller burial mounds, and the ancient city of Gordion itself. Studies of the modern forest and steppe vegetation suggest how ancient people may have used different areas...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, explains the importance of the groundbreaking archaeological expedition he co-directed at Hamoukar in Northern Syria. Until recently, archaeologists believed that urban civilization first arose in Southern Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq. Work at Hamoukar has revealed...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, explains the importance of the groundbreaking archaeological expedition he co-directed at Hamoukar in Northern Syria. Until recently, archaeologists believed that urban civilization first arose in Southern Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq. Work at Hamoukar has revealed...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. The Oriental Institute is using modern technology to digitally record thousands of tablets that, when pieced together, will tell an unusually detailed story of the Persian Empire.These ancient tablets from the palaces of Persepolis include pieces of language and art from the center of the Persian Empire, all made when it extended...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Join fellow Chicago Society members for an evening of exploration and discussion at the Oriental Institute. Enjoy a reception in the Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery and hear the life story of the mummy Meresamun. Learn how high-tech forensics informs our understanding of Meresamun's daily life, then view her...

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Join fellow Chicago Society members for an evening of exploration and discussion at the Oriental Institute. Enjoy a reception in the Edgar and Deborah Jannotta Mesopotamian Gallery and hear the life story of the mummy Meresamun. Learn how high-tech forensics informs our understanding of Meresamun's daily life, then view her...