L'Epopée de Gilgames. Le grand homme qui ne voulait pas mourir. Proche et Moyen Orient Part III: typological catalog of

Part III: typological catalog of the pieces

Collection "Notes and Documents from the Museums of France" No

Excerpt from the Manual of Punic Archaeology

accompanied by a largely renewed illustration

allows us to present in a spectacular and unexpected way the history of the men who lived on French territory

L'Epopée de Gilgames. Le grand homme qui ne voulait pas mourir. Proche et Moyen Orient Part III: typological catalog ofSome thirty five centuries old and far predating the Iliad and the Mahabharata, the Epic of Gilgamesh is the first known literary work whose breadth, strength, inspiration, height of vision and tone, the eminent and universal nature of its subject matter have earned, throughout the ancient Near East, a millennial celebrity and, in our judgment, the title of "epic." It tells the story of a great friendship, the source of superhuman successes, but