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Oriental Institute and its collection
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The Oriental Institute ( OI ), established in 1919, is the University of Chicago 's interdisciplinary research center for ancient Near Eastern (" Orient ") studies and archaeology museum . It was founded for the university by professor James Henry Breasted with funds donated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. It conducts research on ancient civilizations throughout the Near East, including at its facility, Chicago House, in Luxor, Egypt . The Institute publicly exhibits an extensive collection of artifacts related to ancient civilizations at its on-campus building in Hyde Park, Chicago . According to anthropologist William Parkinson of the Field Museum , the OI's highly focused "near Eastern, or southwest Asian and Egyptian" collection is one of the finest in the world.
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