Discovering Gilgamesh: Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture by Vybarr Cregan-Reid

Discovering Gilgamesh: Geology, Narrative and the Historical Sublime in Victorian Culture

Vybarr Cregan-Reid

256 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In 1872, a young archaeologist at the British Museum made a tremendous discovery. While he was working his way through a Mesopotamian 'slush pile', George Smith, a self-taught expert in ancient languages, happened upon a Babylonian version of Noah...

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