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Oriental Institute

I spent 5 years at the University of Chicago without going to its Oriental Institute. There is a wonderful explanation of the origins of writing systems.
Lake Shore Drive 0375
Lake Shore Drive 0375		 Lamassu, 721 BC - 705 BC 0381
Lamassu, 721 BC - 705 BC 0381		 Striding lion from Babylon 0382
Striding lion from Babylon 0382		 Earliest bronze figures we know of 0383
Earliest bronze figures we know of 0383
King Tut, quite restored 0384
King Tut, quite restored 0384		 Fragment from tomb of Nefermaat and Itet 0385
Fragment from tomb of Nefermaat and Itet 0385		 0387
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Late period animal cults 0394
Late period animal cults 0394		 Colossus bull head from Persepolis 0397
Colossus bull head from Persepolis 0397

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