Work with us! ISAC is looking for an Assistant Registrar. The Assistant Registrar reports to the Museum Registrar and the Museum Director and leads the ISAC Museum's imaging and rights and permissions program. The role produces still images and video of the collections for the

Published September 14, 2026, “FT readers respond: Chicago’s best-kept secrets” brings together recommendations from Chicago residents and regular visitors for places around the city that deserve greater attention. With the lead image of the Khorsabad Court Gallery’s human-headed

ISAC Spotlight! This summer at the ISAC, Noel Cormack (University of Chicago, BA ‘27) and Kameryn King (University of Chicago, BA ‘29), interns from the @uchicagoccrf Summer Institute, worked with ISAC staff in the Archives and Library to complete the first comprehensive

Five years ago today, on July 25, 2021, Robert Ritner, Rowe Professor of Egyptology, passed away. We mark this day with a video by one of Robert's PhD students, Foy Scalf, Director of the ISAC Data Research Center and Research Archives Library, about Robert's impact on the study

The Research Archives of the ISAC is well known for its collection of volumes on West Asia and North Africa, and this also includes an important collection of books on the South Caucasus. These books were donated in 2007 by Gregory E. Areshian (1949 - 2020),

Job opportunity for University of Chicago students! The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures is hiring student project assistants to help proofread files for the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) project. The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is one of the

Archival assistant Megan Sands (UChicago, MAPSS in Anthropology '25, MA in Middle Eastern Studies '27) transforms photographs of Antoin Sevruguin We were delighted to highlight the work of Archival Assistant Megan Sands, whose careful and sustained efforts have transformed

ISAC invites applications for the position of Web Application Developer. The Web Application Developer at ISAC leads the design, development, and maintenance of web-based tools and infrastructure supporting ISAC’s digital research initiatives. Full post: isac.uchicago.edu/article/jo…

Then, as now, wine making and transport to its final destination was a long process. Theban Tomb TT261 of Khaemwaset, a wab-priest of king Amenhotep I in the time of Thutmose III of Dynasty 18, shows how the process worked.