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The World's First Writer

Neil Oliver Podcast

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In Heduana's Writings

Inheduana was driven from the temple by a warlord called lugalane. She wrote about that me who once sat triumphant, he has driven out of the sanctuary like a swallow. He stripped me of the crown appropriate for the high priesthood. So there are bits and pieces scattered through her work that give us glimpses of what she was like. After four thousand, 300 years, i think that's still a vivid image to carry. It's still a thought of a real person.

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