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Old 05-27-2007, 04:08 AM   #1
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My voraciously reading son and I have decided to tackle Gilgamesh. Just reading the forward is fascinating. How Smith translated the Sumerian Noah story, how we have many tablets, and how it was discovered in Mosul, ancient Ninevah.
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Old 05-30-2007, 01:25 PM   #2
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My voraciously reading son and I have decided to tackle Gilgamesh. Just reading the forward is fascinating. How Smith translated the Sumerian Noah story, how we have many tablets, and how it was discovered in Mosul, ancient Ninevah.
I've often told my wife that if we have twin boys we're naming them Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

She wasn't in agreement.

So, I proposed Castor and Pollux.

Again, no dice.
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I've often told my wife that if we have twin boys we're naming them Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
Have her watch the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode on Gilgamesh and Enkidu.
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