Hear The Epic of Gilgamesh Read in its Original Ancient Language, Akkadian

When one enters the world of The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest epic poem we know of, one enters a world lost to time. Though its strange gods and customs would have seemed perfectly natural to its inhabitants, the culture of Gilgamesh has so far receded from historical memory that there’s little left with which we might identify. Yet thanks to the efforts of scholars, we can still hear it read in the original language.
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