Ancient Near East

Animal Sacrifice, Legend of King Keret

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The Report of a Frontier Official,Papyrus Anastasi VI

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Selection from Lachish Ostraca

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Noblemen's Tomb, Rekmire

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Funerary Rites, Tale of Aqhat

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The Pursuit of Runaway Slaves,Papyrus Anastasi V

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Funerary Inscription of Tabnit of Sidon

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Encarta Online information on Hammurabi's Code

Collection of the laws and edicts of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, and the earliest legal code known in its entirety. A copy of the code was unearthed by a team of French archaeologists during the winter of 1901 to 1902 at Susa, in a part of Iran that was once ancient Elam. [People in History] [Searches and Tools]...

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Hammurabi's Code, View a Stela

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Encarta on Hammurabi's Code

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