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Voices of the Past | The Epic of Gilgamesh (Pt. 1) @VoicesofthePast | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
This is an extract from the first recorded work of literature in history. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Written in around 2100 BC.

We are starting from the beginning.

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Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Assyrian Fortress
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Ross Bugden - Olympus
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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:-
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

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