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The Buried Book
The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of GilgameshBy David DamroschNarrated by William Hughes
Length7h 22m
About this audiobook
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 The Buried Book, David Damrosch tells the story of George Smith, a self-taught linguist, who one momentous afternoon in 1872 was working at the British Museum, going through a pile of Layard’s clay tablets, when he suddenly realized that he was reading about “a flood, storm, a ship caught on a mountain, and a bird sent out in search of dry land.”
Daring adventurers, fearless explorers, ancient kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this riveting story of the first great epic and its rediscovery in the nineteenth century.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length7 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byWilliam Hughes
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 26, 2007
LanguageEnglish
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