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Hand-colored engraving showing prisoners walking on a large wooden treadmill under a roof at Brixton prison, London, in 1827, with a guard overseeing them and others seated nearby.

Close-up of the Code of Hammurabi stele showing rows of ancient cuneiform script carved into dark stone, with some worn and pitted areas on the surface.

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