Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

S4E6 - Mesopotamian Around with Gilgamesh

Jun 4, 2021

27:27

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Legend of Gilgamesh

4min

Gilgamesh and the Secret Tunnel of MaShu

2min

Gilgamesh's Journey Through the Tunnel

4min

City of the Plague God

2min

Utnapishji and Gilgamesh

3min

Urnapishtimidizai'd Gilgamesh

2min

Urnapishtim Fails Miserably

2min

Urnapishtim's Wife Restores Youth

2min

10.

The Snake's Journey to the Promise of Life

3min

Oh Muses! In this episode we are Mesopotamian Around while we tell the epic tale of Gilgamesh and his quest for immortality. We encounter more bad coping mechanisms for grief, the realities of death, a descent into the Underworld, and giant arthropods.

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