Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa, formerly known as the Oriental Institute, is a research institute and museum of the University of Chicago, located in , Illinois, United States.
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of 591 feet (180 metres)
  • Description: Chicago archaeology museum and research center
  • Also known as
    “IASC”
    “Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa”
    “Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa”
    “Oriental Institute”
    “Oriental Institute Museum”
    “Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago”
    “University of Chicago Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa”
    “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

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Latitude
41.78948° or 41° 47′ 22″ north
Longitude
-87.59616° or 87° 35′ 46″ west
Open location code
86HJQCQ3+QG
Geo­Names ID
4904911
Wiki­data ID
Q1276053

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المعهد الشرقي”
  • Asturian: “Institutu pal Estudiu de les Cultures Antigües”
  • Basque: “Chicagoko Ekialdeko Institutua”
  • Bulgarian: “Институт за изследване на древните култури”
  • Catalan: “Institut Oriental de Chicago”
  • Chinese: “芝加哥大学东方研究所”
  • Chinese: “芝加哥大學東方學院”
  • Chinese: “芝加哥大學東方研究所”
  • Chinese: “芝加哥東方學院”
  • Chinese: “西亚和北非古代文化研究所”
  • Dutch: “Oriental Institute Museum”
  • Dutch: “Oriental Institute”
  • Dutch: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • French: “Institut oriental de Chicago”
  • French: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • Georgian: “ჩიკაგოს აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობის ინსტიტუტი”
  • German: “Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • German: “Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures”
  • German: “Oriental Institute of Chicago”
  • German: “Orientalisches Institut der Universität Chicago”
  • German: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • Hebrew: “המכון האוריינטלי של אוניברסיטת שיקגו”
  • Italian: “Istituto orientale dell’Università di Chicago”
  • Italian: “Oriental Institute”
  • Japanese: “オリエント学研究所 (シカゴ大学)”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ大学オリエント研究所”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ大学東洋学研究所”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ大学東洋研究所”
  • Japanese: “シカゴ東洋研究所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • Norwegian: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Institut Orientau de l’Universitat de Chicago”
  • Persian: “انستیتو خاورشناسی دانشگاه شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه خاورشناسی دانشگاه شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه شرق شناسی دانشگاه شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه شرقشناسی دانشگاه شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “موسسه خاورشناسی دانشگاه شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “موسسه شرق شناسی شیکاگو”
  • Portuguese: “Instituto Oriental da Universidade de Chicago”
  • Portuguese: “Instituto para o Estudo de Culturas Antigas”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Oriental da Universidade de Chicago”
  • Portuguese: “Oriental Institute”
  • Portuguese: “University of Chicago Oriental Institute”
  • Russian: “Восточный институт (Чикаго)”
  • Russian: “Восточный институт”
  • Serbian: “Оријентални институт Универзитета у Чикагу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orijentalni institut u Chicagu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orijentalni institut u Čikagu”
  • Spanish: “Instituto Oriental de Chicago”
  • Swedish: “Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures”
  • Ukrainian: “Інститут дослідження давніх культур, Західної Азії та Північної Африки”
  • Ukrainian: “Східний інститут (Чикаго)”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی ادارہ (شکاگو)”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی ادارہ”

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