The Oriental Institute: Fragments for a History of an Institution: Upcoming Exhibition: Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Upcoming Exhibition: Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East - Fall 2010

Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East - Fall 2010
Member's Preview: September 27, 2010
September 28, 2010 through March 6, 2011

A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago will show visitors how scribes in the ancient Middle East invented writing, thus transforming prehistoric cultures into civilizations.

And see a video of Ray Johnson and Theo Van Den Hout demonstrating ancient writing on papyrus and clay. The video is also available at the OI Facebook page.

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