OI Armchair Travelers: Iraq

Has Iraq been on your travel bucket list? Sit back while Jean Evans, deputy director and chief curator of the OI, guides you through a virtual tour of this fascinating and diverse country. In 2019, Jean traveled with the OI to reopen excavations at Nippur, providing her the rare opportunity to explore the country’s natural beauty, as well as several important sites of ancient Mesopotamia. The OI Armchair Travelers series is designed to give you a taste of OI tours. Led by academics, OI tours bring you up close to the ancient world. Traveling with the OI gives you unparalleled behind the scenes access, and the opportunity to experience archaeological sites while examining current fieldwork. To learn more about upcoming OI tours, visit: https://oi.uchicago.edu/programs-even... To support this and all of our research, become a member of the Oriental Institute. To explore the benefits of joining, please visit: https://oi.uchicago.edu/join-and-give... 2021, Oriental Institute music: bensound.com