Gilgamesh Tomb Believed Found

AINA/BBC ^ | 1-25-2005

[blam]

Abraham was from the seaside town of Ur, it is presently about 100 miles inland. I'll see if I can find a map of Uruk.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Found this:

Ancient Uruk

[Snapple]

This is not a new story. I used it in a report I gave in the fall. They have discovered this a while ago.

It is a very interesting discovery.

[Echo Talon]

Opps, I thought you said Gragamel... :D

[cmsgop]

Gilgamesh !!!!!!

That Guy Still Owes Me Money!

[Echo Talon]

Gargamel even...

[Cornpone]

If I remember my comparative literature from over 40 years ago I believe The Epic Of Gilgamesh told a story of a great flood and that it was a work thought to corroborate the Bible. Am I correct? If so, I would love to hear if they found anything else related to the flood story.

[blam]

Ancient Sumer

[TexasTransplant]

I always thought the oldest Book was about Beer, and that it had a recipe for Beer as well as a story about the downfall of a leader because he got drunk and was easy pickings for a practitioner of the oldest profession, is it the same book?

[Snapple]

The ancient Sumerians (Gilgamesh was Sumerian) dug irrigation ditches all over their land and these were also used as roads--as in Venice.

The city was also called Warka and there is a very famous Warka Vase in the Bagdhad Museum. It was stolen during the American invasion, but the boys who stole it were forced to bring it back by their mother. She found it under their bed and said she would kill herself if they didn't take it right back. So they did.

The Warka Vase is like the Rosetta Stone for Iraq. It is an early example of storytelling in pictures. IT is a tall vase with comicbook like frames that show pictues about the culture, agriculture, religion.

[FReepaholic]

...a German-led expedition has discovered what is thought to be the entire city of Uruk ...

Is that where the Uruk Hai come from?

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

That is one theory that has been posited in an attempt to explain the otherwise supernatural characteristics of "the flood." No one knows for sure, though.

[xrp]

I thought the Germans were too scared to be in Iraq.

[skinkinthegrass]

..there's no such thing as OLD HISTORY...only a liberal, wouldn't understand. :))

[blam]

"I believe The Epic Of Gilgamesh told a story of a great flood and that it was a work thought to corroborate the Bible. Am I correct?"

Yes/no. The Gilgamesh flood story predates the Bibical story. There are at least five different flood stories in this region. One predates the Gilgamesh story by at least five hundred years.

The Flood Of Noah And The Flood Of Gilgamesh

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Outside of religious texts, the Bible etc., the first recorded name in human history was that of Gilgamesh.

[Lokibob]

Uruk Hai is where the kids of Uruk graduated before going on to college.

[Cornpone]

Thank you.

[Zeroisanumber]

Holy crap! If this pans out it would be one of the most signifigant finds in archaeological history!

[raygun]

Its just a model.