A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

The ancient king of Babylon compiled a code of laws called Hammurabi's Code that applied to all lands under his rule. In this 1934 depiction, King Hammurabi goes to war.

Martin Worthington studies Babylonian and Assyrian at St. John's College, ... The collection includes mythology, tales of gods and goddesses, part of the code of Hammurabi, ...

For Hammurabi, king of Babylon, his legacy was the law. The Code of Hammurabi is inscribed on a stone (or stela) of black basalt more than seven feet tall. Written in cuneiform script, in Akkadian, ...

Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law. The code is said to have informed both Jewish and ...

King Hammurabi of Babylon came into power in 1792 B.C. after having defeated Rim-Sin. This ushered in the Babylonian period. Hammurabi ruled most of northern and western Mesopotamia. Under his rule, ...

For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet ...

But Hammurabi was concerned about more than expansion, as demonstrated by the magnificent Code of Hammurabi stela, a 7-ft.-high (2 m) column of basalt upon which he inscribed 282 codified laws and ...

We know of Babylon, one of the world's earliest splendid cities. We know of Hammurabi, whose Code of Laws numbers among one ...