Tablets of Stone

frontier of the Roman-occupied Britain from around AD 85 to AD 410 against the unruly tribes in the North (Reeves 51). Vindolanda demands that it be protected and preserved for the incredible amount of history and preserved artifacts, like the wooden tablets with the transcribed words of earlier peoples, buried underneath the fort that once sheltered soldiers, commanders, slaves and common people offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of people who lived then. The name Vindolanda in Latin means “white

Cuneiform was an early form of “wedge-shaped writing” developed by ancient Sumerians around the late 4th millennium B.C. Named after the Latin word cuneus or “wedge-shaped”, cuneiform was recorded on clay tablets with pointed reed sticks. Archaeologists have located many of these tablets at various archaeological sites in modern-day Iraq. Only highly educated Sumerian scribes could actually read and write cuneiform, creating social disparities between the educated rich and the laboring poor.

Bowling, Boating, and Bodies: Egyptian Culture and its Impact Imagine for a moment you are in Ancient Egypt. The air is hot and dry, the wind blows stinging sand against your face, and you can hear the rushing of the Nile. Up the road from you is the marketplace where vendors sell their wares. People shout and run and argue and work, not the least bit aware that their own culture is helping to shape that of the rest of the world for thousands of years to come. The Egyptians were responsible for

associated with Taoism. Taoists believe the ancestor of all texts of alchemy is considered to be The Triplex Unity (Edson, 170-171). The earliest surviving medical book, The Yellow Emperor’s Esoteric Classic written in the third century and Seven Tablets in a Cloudy Sachel from 1023 are sources of alchemic information from the Chinese. The first Chinese alchemist was Ko Hung who made recipes for elixirs. Elixirs were important in some regions in the study of

Both Egyptian and Mesopotamian Views of Living Egypt is a country found on the northeast corner of Africa. While Mesopotamia is found between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates in the western part of the Middle East. Both of these countries share the Mediterranean Sea. Even though in distance they did not seem far apart they had similarities, and differences in their two cultures. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia had unique religions, writing systems, literature, scientific achievements, art, and intricate

law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people” (Jer. 31:33) and “You are our letter, written in our hearts… written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts” (2 Cor. 3:3). Both Jeremiah and Paul reveal the hope of all mankind, salvation, and a restoration of relationship between God and His people. Paul points to a righteousness from God to which the Law and the Prophets

In Exodus 31:18 it says that God wrote them on tablets of stone with his finger. When Moses took the tablets to the people he found they were breaking the commandments by worshiping an idol. He threw the tablets down and broke them. According to Exodus Moses had to go back to the mountain to make new tablets so God could write them again. Exodus tells how God gave Moses the Ten Commandments; Deuteronomy repeats the commandments

Throughout the world many religions are practiced daily. There are five major religions that make up our diversified world: Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam. Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the practices and beliefs of its founder, Jesus Christ. Islam is a monotheistic faith where its teachings have come from Muhammad, the prophet of Allah. Every religion has basic beliefs or teachings they would like their believers to follow and practice. In the Islamic faith

presented us with strict guidelines between the 16th and 13th centuries BC (Whiston 64). If any rule is disobeyed it is described as a sin. Those rules, which were written in stone, are known as the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are divine rules that come directly from the mouth of God to the mind of Moses and the stone in which it was written on was by God’s own finger. The story behind it may not be believable by many audiences, but true Christians must believe every word in scripture

languages. In order to unite all of the different cultures, Akkadian became the common language spoken and written along with Sumerian, which became used only for religious ceremonies and scientific purposes. Throughout the years, hundreds of clay tablets written entirely in Old Akkadian were discovered and dated from around 2500BC. During the rule of Sargon the Great, 2270 to 2215BC, Akkad became one of the premiere nations and cultures of its time. Akkadian and Sumerian coexisted for about 1,000