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Roman Wedding Relief Sculpture

April 29, 2024

A marble relief of a wedding scene: veiled bride followed by pronuba clasps hands with groom before altar; on the left a huge male carries the sacrificial bull on his shoulder, on the right a maenad dances. ...

Stele of the ode of Hammurabi

April 26, 2024

The Code of Hammurabi contains 282 articles of law, which regulate many aspects of Mesopotamian society. The Code governs criminal offences, commerce, marriage, architecture and agriculture. The steles were a means of spreading the laws, and this al...