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Purr-fectly Printed Brick
11/08/2021:
As the deinstallation of #Awondertobehold begins… our last object history post for this exhibition features a crowd-favorite artifact!
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Calling all graduate students: Join us for AWGWS!
11/08/2021:
The ISAW Student Council and the Society for Ancient Studies are collaborating on a new Ancient World Graduate Workshop Series (AWGWS)!
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ISAW Gallery Store Holiday Sale
11/08/2021:
Need a gift for that special someone? Or something unique for a virtual gift exchange? Maybe just a new catalogue to peruse while you bundle up? We’ve got you covered!
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All-seeing Brick
08/26/2020:
Eye’s forward as we start the new semester! This brick depicting a portion of a deity’s head probably comes from the facade of a palace or temple at the site of Ashur in Assyria...
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Brick Fragments
08/26/2020:
What do you see when you look at these fragments? Can you imagine the larger work of art to which these pieces belonged?...
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Glazed Brick Wall
08/19/2020:
For today’s #objecthistory we look at another reconstruction of the designs and colors that decorated Ishtar Gate in antiquity...
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Video: Why is the Ishtar Gate Blue?
08/11/2020:
For today’s Object History post we offer up our second curator-led short talk to wade into the waters of understanding the use of color and material in ancient Babylonia...
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Reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate façade
08/05/2020:
This 1912 watercolor offers a beautiful look at how the Ishtar gate façade would have looked in antiquity...
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Imagining the Ishtar Gate
07/22/2020:
Babylon’s Ishtar Gate comprised a 200 meter long Processional Way leading up to a 50 meter long Gate...
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Bull-man, Protect!
07/15/2020:
How do you bring a temple wall to life? As sacred sites, temple walls could be embellished in a variety of ways...
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Video: A Closer Look at the Achaemenid Archer Panel
06/17/2020:
We are excited to share our first Object History video post today! Thanks to #awondertobehold co-curator Anastasia...
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Ancient Puzzles
04/15/2020:
How do you build a wall made of decorated mud bricks? These watercolors of reconstructed walls ...
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Monster Mash
11/28/2019:
Fragmentary tile with a genie standing on two griffins in contest with two monsters...
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Veiled Dance
04/19/2019:
This week’s Object Histories Gallery Talk looked at the Statuette of a Veiled Dancing Woman...
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A Nymph Recoils
03/21/2019:
We are looking forward to Lynn Garafola's March 28th exhibition lecture, ‘Pilgrimage to an Imagined West...