Lost 'Epic of Gilgamesh' Verse Depicts Cacophonous Abode of Gods (New find)

Live Science ^ | October 2, 2015 | Elizabeth Palermo, Associate Editor

[Unam Sanctam]

That line of Enkidu’s, “The planet is having a fever!” seems particularly suspect...

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! Will ping later.

[Southack]

You can skip to page 77 without missing anything: http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/18512/1/jcunestud.66.0069_w-footer.pdf

[Pollster1]

Perhaps it is the reverse.

Just as Tablet Six may have at least to some extent inspired The Walking Dead [Gilgamesh romantically rejects the goddess Ishtar, who threatens to raise the dead until they outnumber the living and devour their brains], perhaps Al Gore got a sneak peak at the new tablet and said, “this will get me a Nobel Prize in literature or somewhere if I use it to argue for bigger government”.

[Vermont Lt]

It made me think they did more that chop down a single tree. It sounded like they tore down the entire forest...which metaphorically, would be akin to blowing up a big piece of land. And the landlord was gonna be angry about THAT.

[Autonomous User]

Nice! :)

Sorry for hijacking their thread!

[anymouse]

The next tablet they find will say, “Enkidu planted a new forest as a carbon offset.”

[Raymann]

One of the most creative Star Trek stories. Something you’ll never see in nuTrek.

[Rebel_Ace]

Temba, at rest.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks To Hell With Poverty and Fiddlstix.

[shibumi]

"Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk.
Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel. Mirab, with sails unfurled.

Humblegunner and Shibumi at Lake Conroe
Bud Light and Meatballs, Sriracha Unbottled.

[gleeaikin]

Healthy forests are seldom quiet. Sixty-five years ago I used to like to sit in the woods and listen to the noises. It seems a lot quieter these days except in cicada season.

[humblegunner]

[shibumi]

Temba, His arms wide!

[shibumi]

I just took another look at Sokath there.

Is he by any chance related to Henry Waxman?

Sokath.
With his nostrilitis flaring.

[humblegunner]

Bad camera angle.
Don’t be racist.

[Sirius Lee]

Temba. His arms wide.

"Nikto, Klaatu Barada."

[SunkenCiv]