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Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's Ark
What it is: Also known as the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, this fragment of a baked clay tablet contains cuneiform inscriptions describing an epic flood that swept through Babylon.
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Discovering Gilgamesh, the World’s First Action Hero
shattered clay tablets covered in indecipherable writing held one of the world’s greatest treasures. Locked within the characters lay the Epic of Gilgamesh—now considered by many to be the ...
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The Hittite Version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Discovered on Tablets in Hattusa, Has Differing Structure and Narrative Details
The Epic of Gilgamesh ... complex process due to the fragmentation and condition of the tablets, but experts have managed to reconstruct key passages of the story. Tablet XI of the Poem of Gilgamesh, ...
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Episode 16 - Flood Tablet
With the Epic of Gilgamesh, represented here by Smith's Flood Tablet, writing changed its nature. And it has changed 'our' nature - for literature like Gilgamesh allows us not just to think our ...
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Episode Transcript – Episode 16 - Flood Tablet
With the Epic of Gilgamesh, represented here by Smith's Flood Tablet, writing changed its nature. And it has changed 'our' nature - for literature like Gilgamesh allows us not just to think our ...