Old World Civilizations

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Articles and videos

Two images, one of a man with braids in a chef's coat plating several identical dishes; and several cobs of corn of different colors laid out flat. Sean Sherman by Rina Oh for the James Beard Foundation. Corn cobs from Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, in the Museum's collection.

The Sioux Chef: Reinvigorating Indigenous Food Systems

North entrance to the Field Museum

Why did King Tut have a flat head?

Conservator works on an Egyptian coffin.

Stabilizing the Plaster on Minirdis' Coffin

Activities

Gold wreath

First Kings of Europe Virtual Tour