Researchers report that AI deciphered the Hammurabi tablet at 98% accuracy, opening the door to translating ancient cuneiform ...

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

In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one of them.

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History is a vast tapestry woven from the stories of civilizations, great leaders, revolutions, and cultural shifts that have ...

The earliest laws about fathers can be traced back to the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. This monumental legal text – inscribed on a seven-foot pillar of black basalt – set out 282 laws ...

Line 218 of the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi specifies that if a surgeon kills a slave through malpractice, he need only ‘restore’, i.e., replace, the slave.