Ancients in their own words

Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the "Epic of Gilgamesh," with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters.

Offers insight into ancient times through modern translations of some of the most important written records from ancient Greece.

Presents a guide to the world of ancient Rome with inscriptions from the early days of the Republic through the last days of a crumbling empire.

Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of written records from ancient Egypt, including the Palermo Stone, the Stela of Irtysen at Abydos, the Abbott Papyrus, and others, with examples of hieroglyphics and hieratic scripts.