First, they draw out the brains through the nostrils with an iron hook...Then with a sharp stone they make an incision in the side and take out all the bowels... Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh, cassia, and other perfumes, they sew it up again; and when they have done this
they step in natron (a mineral salt), leaving it under for 70 days... At the end of 70 days, they wash the corpse, and wrap it in bandages of waxen
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when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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