I went to the Louvre today. This was my 4th time to the Louvre and I still haven't seen everything. This time I looked at ancient Persian, Babylonian, and Mesopotamian stuff. I saw a pillar from Darius' temple. That's right, THE King Darius from the book of Daniel. That was pretty cool. The Louvre only had one, but there were about 70 of these in the temple. It was really impressive. I don't know if any others survived since the Louvre only had one, but maybe there are others in other museums. I don't know. Then I also saw these enormous carvings from ancient Persia. They basically just have big pieces of the wall from the temple and set them up against the wall in the Louvre. I'm kinda curious as to how the French got these things and what is left of where they found it.

I also saw the Code of Hammurabi which is the first written law discovered. Too bad the plaque was in French so I couldn't really read what the translation was of the laws. The huge tablet was written in cuneiform which looks really complex. I also saw some other tablets that were written in cuneiform that were really detailed for being chiseled in stone. Anyways, it all looked really complex. Who says early man was primitive?

I also saw an old part of the Louvre that had rooms decorated back to Napoleon III. It was exquisite and ornate fo sho! Anyways, I'll post pictures when I get back.