29 Gilgamesh

A journey to the sources of Western civilization.

If you believe that epic literature began with ancient Greece, or that the great founding myths (the Flood, the confusion of tongues, the garden of origins) were born in Jerusalem, this book will change your perspective forever.

Gilgamesh - The Three-Volume Work is a unique editorial project that reunites the Epic of Gilgamesh with the great Sumerian cycles of its direct ancestors, composing a single, majestic fresco of the Uruk dynasty.

Inside you will find:

· Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta: You'll witness the first psychological warfare in history and the exact moment the human mind conceived of writing on clay. Includes the enigmatic "Nudimmud's Spell," the oldest myth about humanity's language.

· The Poems of Lugalbanda: You will enter the mountain cave with the sick young king, experiencing the shamanic and dreamlike charm of ancient Mesopotamia and the encounter with the raptor Anzud.

· The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Immortal Work. From the titanic clash with Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven to the encounter with Utanapishtim, the Babylonian Noah. Includes the harrowing twelfth tablet (appendix) on the Underworld.

Enriched by an illuminating preface that draws striking parallels between the myths of Sumer/Babylon and the Book of Genesis or the wisdom of Ecclesiastes, this volume is essential reading for anyone who loves mythology, archaeology, the origins of the Bible, and great universal literature.

Not just an ancient text, but the first book in the world.