Through these pictographic scripts historians found a long narrative known as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is a great hero and ruler who sets out to recover cedar from northern lands. ... Mourning the loss of his companion and confronted by death himself, Gilgamesh travels the world in search of eternal life. ... The epic ends with his death and funeral. ...

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