Episode Details

This is an extract from the first recorded work of literature in history. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Written in around 2100 BC.

Uploaded 08-08-18

We are starting from the beginning.

Music:-
Derek and Brandon Fiechter - Assyrian Fortress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYsGzWWCzfE
Ross Bugden - Olympus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnmglWHoVrk

The words of this video all come directly from The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated in 1901 by Assyriologist William Muss-Arnolt.
You can read the full text here:-
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

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