The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is a specialized academic research institution of New York University committed to the comprehensive exploration, sorting and research of ancient civilizations all over the world.

The research scope covers ancient regional civilization origin, ancient historical text sorting, ancient cultural relic excavation research, ancient social operation mode and cross-regional ancient civilization comparative research. It integrates history, archaeology, anthropology and other multi-disciplinary theories to carry out comprehensive research.
It organizes field archaeological investigation and ancient cultural relic sorting research projects all year round, and collects and sorts a large number of precious ancient civilization research materials. It builds a professional academic exchange platform for global ancient civilization researchers, promoting the inheritance and research development of human ancient civilization culture.
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Website(https://isaw.nyu.edu/)