The buried book : the loss and rediscovery of the great Epic of Gilgamesh /
Composed by a poet and priest in Middle Babylonia around 1200 BCE, the Epic of Gilgamesh foreshadowed later stories that would become as fundamental as any in human history, the Odyssey and the Bible. But in 600 BCE, the clay tablets that bore the story were lost--buried beneath ashes and ruins when...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
H. Holt,
2008.
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| Edition: | First Holt Paperbacks edition. |
| Subjects: |
University Library Main Stacks, Lower Level
| Call Number: |
PJ3771.G6 D36 2008
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| Copy 1 | Available Request this item |