Since We're Talking About Cuneiform so much...

[Minimalist]

A fine article on the man who re-discovered Gilgamesh.

http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issu ... gamesh.php

Then, on a fragment of a tablet, he came across a story that would soon astonish the Western world. He read of a flood, a ship caught on a mountain and a bird sent out in search of dry land—the first independent confirmation of a vast flood in ancient Mesopotamia, complete with a Noah-like figure and an ark.

[ravenwing5910]

Nice article Min! This is the first thing in weeks that I have had the chance to read that wasn't assigned reading (heavy class load this term).
Biblical studies are not exactly my thing but... He apparently put it to good use.

[Beagle]

The Gilgamesh story is actually quite long and about things having nothing to do with the Flood. (such as sex with a prostitute). What are the odds that one of the first things this guy reads is about the flood? Fascinating.

Hello Raven, nice to see you. Hang in there with the studies.

[Minimalist]

Karma.