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Lamassu, 721 BC - 705 BC, courtesy of the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago.
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Teaching Web Site Highlights Gifts of Ancient Mesopotamia

Students across the country are digging into the secrets of ancient Mesopotamia through a teaching Web site called Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History. Developed by the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum in partnership with Chicago Public School teachers, the University of Chicago’s Chicago Web Docent and the eCUIP Digital Library Project, this IMLS-funded project allows students to direct virtual archeological expeditions and curate museum exhibits with the excavated artifacts. Read more.

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