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The heroic epic about the fantastic King Gilgamesh is today the most famous work of Mesopotamian literature. Although it has not yet been completely reconstructed, his story full of heroic deeds and divine powers, epic monster battles and tragic loss, right up to the journey to the end of the world and the search for eternal life, continues to fascinate us to this day. A good German translation of the epic is, for example, Stefan M. Maul: Das Gilgamesch-Epos, 6th edition 2014, Verlag CH Beck. 00:00 Intro 00:43 An incredible discovery 02:49 The hunt for more puzzle pieces 04:40 The incomplete masterpiece 06:27 Tablet I: King Gilgamesh 10:44 The creation of Enkidu 12:42 The civilization of Enkidu 15:10 Enkidu and Gilgamesh move into the cedar forest 18:17 Love and revenge of Ishtar 20:33 Enkidu's death 22:55 The search for immortality 26:35 Return to Uruk 28:20 Outro Speakers: Prof. Michael P. Streck, Dr. Janine Wende, Dr. Hannes Leonhardt and Luisa Reuter Sound effects: Desert Sun Sound Effect by drmseq from Pixabay Middle East: Music by AlexiAction from Pixabay Nomad Places - Desert Middle Eastern: Music by FreeGroove from Pixabay Desert Voices: Music by ArtSlop_Flodur from Pixabay I certainly sense the anger: Music by Alfred_Grupstra from Pixabay Crusched dreams: Music by SamuelFJohanns from Pixabay Lonlines in the world: Music by Syouki_Takahashi from Pixabay Horror background atmosphere (2): Music by UNIVERSFELD from Pixabay Chant to Them: Sound Effect by SamuelFrancisJohnson from Pixabay Egypt Expedition - PhrygDom: Music by SamuelFJohanns from Pixabay Medieval sands: Music by matthewmikemusic from Pixabay Arabic: Music by MusicForVideos from Pixabay Sound editing: Taichuan Tang Illustration: Mask in the form of the monster Humbaba made of fired clay (BM 116624, © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license).