Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
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Oriental Institute Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
A group of American citizens, armed with a $300 million court award against the government of Iran, has brought actions against the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago as well as other museums holding Iranian artifacts. In the 1930's, the Oriental Institute, like conducted extensive excavations at sites like Persepolis, bringing back thousands of artifacts. Mr. Stein said it took decades for scholars at the Oriental Institute to decipher the tablets and begin to publish whatever they had learned about the history of ancient Persia.