Western civilisation is deeply rooted in the ancient Middle East where agriculture, writing, law, medicine, philosophy, and ...

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 ...

Barmash (Homicide in the Biblical World), director of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University, takes an illuminating and original look at the Laws of Hammurabi, “the first ...

Last monday, in the nearby town of Glendale, AZ, a man was arrested for binding with duct tape, stabbing, then leaving for dead a three-month-old puppy in a dumpster (in the 100°+ heat). Now, when ...

Archaeologists have uncovered for the first time in Israel fragments of a law code that resemble portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code was found on two fragments of a clay tablet, and is ...

It is highly unlikely that a person with a law degree and a former state attorney general actually thinks that law didn't exist on Earth before the estimated lifetime of Moses (1391-1271 BCE). He ...

From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Plaster cast of basalt stele with Law ...