The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh by David Damrosch

The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh

David Damrosch

340 pages first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Etched in the wedge-shaped letters known as cuneiform on clay tablets, the Epic of Gilgamesh stands as the earliest classic of world literature. Its earliest surviving fragments date back to the eighteenth century BC, more than 3,700 years ago. In...

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