Gilgamesh Links

Websites

The Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh/
The translation of the tablets without "literacy" editing.

Gilgamesh Digital Library Book
http://gilgamesh.psnc.pl/
A digital version of The Epic of Gilgamesh, by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center: click through the tablets, read the translation, listen to the tablets be read aloud, and learn about the history.

Gilgamesh Tomb Believed Found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2982891.stm
A news report from BBC News on finding the tomb of Gilgamesh.

"Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh"
http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/brown.htm
An essay analyzing the epic, by Arthur A. Brown.

Write Like a Babylonion
www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi
Write your name in cuneiform, from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.