Tag: uruk
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gilgamesh & search for life, part 2
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, part 1, the semi-divine Sumerian King made a hasty retreat from ‘The Landing Place’ in the Cedar Mountains after Inanna asked Anu to send the Bull of Heaven to smite the King for rebuffing her.The Bull is slain by Enkidu after catching up with Gilgamesh and his android companion, outside…
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Gilgamesh & the Search for the ‘Landing Place’, Part 1
Who needs a television action hero when the Epic of Gilgamesh supplies the real thing? Gilgamesh, the fifth king of Uruk, a Sumerian city-state circa 2500 BC, fulfills any reader’s need for epic adventure.
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Secret War Over Iraq Stargate?
Is there a Stargate in Iraq, as theorized by many as the real motivation to occupy Iraq? Is it located at the ancient fortress of Qalaat-e-Julundi and rumored to be protected by giant scorpions or at the Dark Ziggurat of Enzu, both, in the Little Zab River Valley?