Скачать или смотреть The Law Code That Rewrote History: Uncovering the Code of Hammurabi

In 1901, a French archaeological team was digging in the ruins of the ancient Persian city of Susa. They expected to find pottery and the remains of old walls. Instead, they unearthed three large pieces of a black basalt stone, covered in a strange, wedge-shaped script. They had no idea they were looking at one of the most important legal documents in human history.
This is the incredible true story of the discovery of the Code of Hammurabi. Standing nearly 7.5 feet tall, this magnificent stele, created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi around 1754 BC, contains a sophisticated and systematic collection of 282 laws. Carried to Susa as a spoil of war and lost for three millennia, its rediscovery was a bombshell for the academic world.
Follow the journey of archaeologist Jacques de Morgan and the brilliant linguist Father Jean-Vincent Scheil as they excavate, transport, and finally translate the ancient text. Discover the principles of justice, from commercial regulations and family law to the famous "an eye for an eye" principle of retaliation, that governed life in ancient Mesopotamia. This is the story of how a single stone gave a voice to one of humanity's earliest and most influential legal minds.