The Epigraphic Survey and Chicago House
Celebrating Emily Teeters new book, Chicago on the Nile: 100 Years of the Epigraphic Survey
Emily Teeter, ISAC (Retired)
In 1924, an Egyptologist, an artist, and a photographer—the staff of the University of Chicago’s new Epigraphic Survey—began the task of recording the scenes and inscriptions carved on the walls of the enormous, 3,000-year-old temple of Pharaoh Ramesses III at Medinet Habu near Luxor. It was the culmination of a long-standing dream of James Henry Breasted, the first American Egyptologist and founder of ISAC (then the Oriental Institute), to both copy and publish all the historical texts in the Nile Valley. The Epigraphic Survey was established to undertake this unimaginably ambitious program of field research.
A century later, the Epigraphic Survey continues to fulfill Breasted’s mission. Housed at Chicago House in Luxor, the expedition has documented some of the most important—and endangered—records to survive from ancient Egypt, using a well-established and tested method to create highly accurate facsimiles of the carvings and texts and to publish them as a permanent archive.
To download or purchase the book, please visit:
https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ISACMP/isacmp2
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The Epigraphic Survey and Chicago House
Celebrating Emily Teeters new book, Chicago on the Nile: 100 Years of the Epigraphic Survey
Emily Teeter, ISAC (Retired)
In 1924, an Egyptologist, an artist, and a photographer—the staff of the University of Chicago’s new Epigraphic Survey—began the task of recording the scenes and inscriptions carved on the walls of the enormous, 3,000-year-old temple of Pharaoh Ramesses III at Medinet Habu near Luxor. It was the culmination of a long-standing dream of James Henry Breasted, the first American Egyptologist and founder of ISAC (then the Oriental Institute), to both copy and publish all the historical texts in the Nile Valley. The Epigraphic Survey was established to undertake this unimaginably ambitious program of field research.
A century later, the Epigraphic Survey continues to fulfill Breasted’s mission. Housed at Chicago House in Luxor, the expedition has documented some of the most important—and endangered—records to survive from ancient Egypt, using a well-established and tested method to create highly accurate facsimiles of the carvings and texts and to publish them as a permanent archive.
To download or purchase the book, please visit:
https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ISACMP/isacmp2
OI Podcast Episode 16, Afrofuturism: Ancient Egypt in Speculative Fiction
ISAC Podcast
26 minutes 34 seconds
4 years ago
OI Podcast Episode 16, Afrofuturism: Ancient Egypt in Speculative Fiction
OI Podcast Episode 16
Afrofuturism: Ancient Egypt in Speculative Fiction
Ytasha Womack
Time as a web, weaved in storytelling to offer a remix of narratives exploring who we are and how we got here. Author Ytasha Womack, "Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture," joins us for a discussion that examines the Black Speculative Arts Movement in general and the roles that ancient Egyptian culture and religion play in her upcoming graphic novel, "Blak Kube."
To explore this topic, look for "Afrofuturism" by Ytasha Womack, Lawrence Hill Books, 2013. Available everywhere books are sold.
The graphic novel "Blak Kube" is coming soon!
This podcast continues our Contemporary Artist/Ancient Voices series, a set of conversations with artists who draw inspiration from the ancient Middle East. These conversations focus on individual artists interpretations of the ancient world, and are not intended to provide historical accuracy.
A video version of this discussion with images can be viewed on the Oriental Institute YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/bPBnrU8mUnI
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Please excuse the audio and video quality, this was recorded at home during the pandemic.
2021, Oriental Institute
Image credits and original art:
Tim Fielder, Infinitum
John Jennings
Album covers:
The ArchAndroid, Janelle Monáe, Wonderland Arts Society, Atlantic, Bad Boy, 2013
Raise!, Earth Wind and Fire, ARC, Columbia, 1981
Next Lifetime, Erykah Badu, Kedar Records, 1997
Music: Andrew List
Intro Music: bensound.com
ISAC Podcast
The Epigraphic Survey and Chicago House
Celebrating Emily Teeters new book, Chicago on the Nile: 100 Years of the Epigraphic Survey
Emily Teeter, ISAC (Retired)
In 1924, an Egyptologist, an artist, and a photographer—the staff of the University of Chicago’s new Epigraphic Survey—began the task of recording the scenes and inscriptions carved on the walls of the enormous, 3,000-year-old temple of Pharaoh Ramesses III at Medinet Habu near Luxor. It was the culmination of a long-standing dream of James Henry Breasted, the first American Egyptologist and founder of ISAC (then the Oriental Institute), to both copy and publish all the historical texts in the Nile Valley. The Epigraphic Survey was established to undertake this unimaginably ambitious program of field research.
A century later, the Epigraphic Survey continues to fulfill Breasted’s mission. Housed at Chicago House in Luxor, the expedition has documented some of the most important—and endangered—records to survive from ancient Egypt, using a well-established and tested method to create highly accurate facsimiles of the carvings and texts and to publish them as a permanent archive.
To download or purchase the book, please visit:
https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/ISACMP/isacmp2
