The Epic of Gilgamesh (Complete Audiobook, Unabridged)

A full recitation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, transcribed approximately 2100 BCE.
Sources:
Full text: www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_...
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[@TwoStageTrigger]

"He who leaves the fight unfinished, cannot be at peace" I really like that quote.

[@Truelolitsvictor]

MMMMMMMH

[@Sheri-sb1yr]

I like that quote too.

[@Fucdaworld]

Part of the reason why my ancestors not at peace due to how they died….these ancient souls have been returning…and they have their swords sharpen for war

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

I don't agree with that quote. It enables dualism. I'm for unity.

[@Fucdaworld]

@@nickidaisydandelion4044 sure you would disagree …just maybe you not the one who left the fight unfinished…sure you wouldn’t agree

[@mattsierra9653]

"Your video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Babylon."

[@jamesvanitas]

+Matt Sierra "Mongrel".

[@Shmandalf]

+Matt Sierra Wouldn't be surprised considering the babylonians conquered King Sargon of Akkad's empire.

[@Shmandalf]

Jules CM They did at least get roared at by the spartans in 300.

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

All Babylonians were Akkadians..... Akkadians were an ethnic group that split into two sub groups, Assyrians and Babylonians.

[@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901]

Attila the Fun I thought assyrians came from above and to the east of iran?

[@illestbabygirl]

Chapter 1 1:40 Chapter 2 16:00 Chapter 3 42:46 Chapter 4 1:03:50 Chapter 5 1:23:39 Chapter 6 1:32:55 Chapter 7 1:39:55

[@sammy_boi4869]

T h a n k YOU

[@SwordofZen]

Thanks baby girl🙏🏼

[@milagroman75]

Thank you, made my class easier today!

[@milal.4002]

thank you for this! i was looking in the comment section just for this!

[@davjrz2915]

🐐🐐

[@jessechristian7153]

It's amazing how this is one of the first literatures, and it's still relevant ,and there's interest in such thing , thank you good sir

[@iloveallthepeople]

It could just be the first trashy magazine and all the good literature was burned by some tyrant

[@enalb5085]

first *KOWN* literature

[@robbagel54]

I love how despite being one of our oldest recorded myths it actually aged incredibly well. Also this could totally be a movie

[@IPAsAndSunshine]

If someone did it right it really could

[@dehjkliproductionse4222]

@@IPAsAndSunshine I don't think anyone would be brave enough to attempt something like that, too great a story

[@IPAsAndSunshine]

@@dehjkliproductionse4222 very true. Id personally like to see someone tackle this story by displaying the story we hear compared to the truth it’s describing. For example the portion about slaying the cedar forest demon, is actually about a military conquest. Enkidu is enki of Eridu, a real man, and the great cedar forest is ancient Lebanon/western turkey, and most of what we call Israel today. Those people who dwelt there prayed to a super old very large Cedar tree in the forest center. This is why when they slay the demon they take his “corpse” back and make a tavern archway out of it. It’s not a monster it’s a monstrous tree that people tried their best to hide from foreigners so they wouldn’t attempt to cut it down. That’s what the cloaks are about, they are not magical they are diversions set up by people. People who gilgamesh most certainly had killed. The epic itself tells this story through symbolism. The same can be said about the bill of heaven, which is often depicted as a man wearing golden armor fashioned to look like a bull. It was the flashy armor that did the individual in because of the addition of a leather tail. It would be very cool to see someone tell the story for what it is even overlayed with the truth of the matter. Gilgamesh also isn’t a name it’s a title that means “valley of the sun”. King gilgamesh literally means “king of the valley of the sun”. The whole story is showing how the pursuit of glory will only result in being alone, and unhappy. This fact is what causes him so much desperation at the end of the epic. It would absolutely need to be done right but someone I feel could do it with enough support and talent

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

Hollywood would probably ruin it

[@michaelstefanou7744]

The Black Adam film is depicting Gilgamesh. You would know this if you had the eyes to see.

[@floridferret4585]

I love that the start of this seems to boil down to "Gilgamesh is being an ass; make him a friend."

[@jonathancampbell7798]

@Phil Ill uh oh. I found an upset snowflake

[@livingintongues]

Kiss the Lord lest he be Angry....

[@42Nightsyesterday]

@Phil Ill geez, so sensitive 🙄 maybe you need a friend

[@nettejohnson7492]

game is in the 'word' gilGAMEsh. Our Father in Heaven told me to tell the people "the truth is IN the word' and HE showed me jerUSAlem is also jeruSALEM in the last days is now days... = 2nd coming is a repeat of the Bible and why people will say: "this is Biblical" or 'these are biblical times'

[@nozoto]

@@nettejohnson7492 The ancients not having a single connection with a West Germanic language notwithstanding, Sumerian was an ergative language hinged around an adjunction of syllables. So, if you want to find clever alternate meanings to the name, you better be looking at the alternate senses of "ga" or "me" on a old babylonian dictionary.

[@anewman1]

For someone who never sleeps, Gilgamesh sure has a lot of dreams. 👌🍻

[@AS-vq3wt]

what a stupid comment. you must be Caucasian 😂

[@davidhallett8783]

A field of dreams

[@arslongvitabrevis.x3938]

@@AS-vq3wt And you wonder why people are racist.

[@gmtzholmes]

Could be a translation of a vision, a premonition, also the implication of not sleeping might be a reference that he doesn't need to rest or he never lowers his guard, or doesn't need of no one

[@anewman1]

@@gmtzholmes Nice. An observation not to ignore, indeed.

[@gradualuprisintheory]

I have to listen again. So Gilgamesh literally given everything from a beautiful body, amazing hair, great strength, women, wine, riches, and considered the perfect made man by the gods, was thwarted in the end by a broken heart and the fear of death. Wow. Fear is a killer. Broken hearts.. Ouch. This was definilty epic. I like how the gods argued about the rash decision to flood out folks just cause they were loud.

[@nickquattrociocchi8552]

W🤕W …indeed . Life mimics art.

[@patrickmcauley151]

Only the Women

[@seven7upndown241]

The book of Enoch speaks that these demi gods are actually the demons today. Gilgamesh strong as a star. In the bible the stars are the angels. That book is in the time when many angels rebelled against God and made giant children on earth so God made hell for these fallen angels and their sons without forgving them (the reply given to Enoch after they asked for forgiveness) so they started to teach people witchcraft and to make weapons. These sons were very stong, wise and sadistic that they ate people and lived for 500 years and after their death their spirits were and are known as evil spirits or demons today. This demi god gilgames is son of a fallen angel.

[@Milani326]

@@patrickmcauley151 Nothing was getting done without one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bwkjam]

And so the cliche of the side kick dying was born!

[@Nemoticon]

+Bwkjam Except for the fact that it's not a cliche when it's the very first on record! You can't call an original a copy, everything after is the real cliche xD

[@waldenotwalled5783]

Bwkjam Enkidu isn’t a side kick because he was the only one to rival Gilgamesh in power

[@lucasbarden7978]

E s mo.. mo M#M.. mo k k l pom mo00

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@waldenotwalled5783 He was a weapon made by the "gods" closer to a doll than anything.

[@comradetiki2970]

@@waldenotwalled5783 So... a bromance?

[@Dylan-le9zi]

People have misconceptions about Gilgamesh’s quest for immortality, people believe in a second death around this time period. When your physical body and your second death comes when your legacy fades away and your name no longer spoken or remember within the minds of others. The great story of his life has still been discussed and people still remember and know his name, in essence he accomplished his goal and reached immortality. We see the revers happen as well many rulers of Egypt made their structures in a manner of witch to be remembered as well king tut’s was hidden away and people went to grate lengths just to hide his legacy however in doing this all other pharos had been grave robbed and were mostly forgotten however in tuts case he was re discover and restore his memory.

[@Marsfrogie222]

Stuck in the exoteric mindset.

[@Marsfrogie222]

28:18 and the passages that follow cannot have anything other than a purely esoteric understanding.

[@anthonykarnes6804]

​@@Marsfrogie222🤡

[@anthonykarnes6804]

​@@ashuruballit2🤡

[@eliasekstrom6660]

isn't this immortality plant he ate more or less the same as in Rig vedas soma? or haoma in zoroastrism ? Or the golden apples of immortality of Idun in northen mythology, Or the golden peaches in chinese mythology? or the ergot rhye drink in greek mythology, or the eucharist in christianity? Or the key of Immortality , the ankh that the pharaos are feeding each other in the hieroglyphs? Perhaps the plant were different in different regions. But the experience of being born again, is something anyone can experience from a psychedelic drug. either you tried it and you know exactly what i talk about. And you haven't and you think i am completly nuts.

[@yaltschuler]

49:18 I love how it sounds like he's actually surprised by what he's reading. Like "oh shit he really did that?"

[@Lara-lo6zn]

Thank you for this. It is a wonderful reading. I appreciate that you made the text available too. I was able to print it out in order to take notes. I look forward to discovering more readings from this channel.

[@jacobg2134]

Wasn't expecting to hear Sargon's voice lmao

[@Benjamin.Jamin.]

No. Me neither!

[@RATSinTHEhallway1986]

Is that really who it is? I thought I recognised the voice.

[@jacobg2134]

@@RATSinTHEhallway1986 yup, it's him. Papa Applebee's himself.

[@nicolasnamed]

Oh great, now I don't want to listen to this

[@crazytwitchy5650]

@@nicolasnamed my thoughts exactly I said "OH NO" out loud

[@olcloudy1618]

Gilgamesh has been featured in at least 4 final fantasy games as a legendary warrior with four arms and legendary swords. Final fantasy also features some of the monsters from the epic of Gilgamesh.

[@devinsmith5926]

I'm so happy you know this 🥲

[@eliasekstrom6660]

man.. you're giving Gilgamesh bad reputation with this hentai stuff -.-

[@olcloudy1618]

​@eliasekstrom6660 what? Hentai? Final fantasy is not hentai. It's video game weirdo.

[@fredranzalot4849]

You're thinking of Fate/Stay Night, where Gilgamesh also features, which was originally porn. @@eliasekstrom6660

[@sandhamitizer9706]

It's crazy how a story can make it so far through the ages.

[@myxomatosis3744]

Gen Z will get it cancelled

[@avivastudios2311]

It's amazing how creative people were back then.

[@josephinehendricks]

@@myxomatosis3744 tf are you talking about

[@samk-r4766]

@@myxomatosis3744 chill we ain't that bad lol, I actually find this story refreshing

[@margaretmorris8279]

So many stories are forgotten or not allowed to be told.

[@mads9403]

Just wanna say thank you for reading this. It was so helpful being able to listen to this while I read along.

[@londonbrotherson263]

We need a movie adaptation of this story! It's over 2000 years old!

[@andrewdock7288]

You mean 4,000 years 2,000 years before Chirst 2,000 years from there to here. 4,000 year old story in fact it's older than that.

[@chadjonesvii9369]

However old it is it should be a movie by now ! Lol

[@dorzentatu]

If they truly stick to the original story it would be the best movie ever made.

[@psylocibin9359]

Way older

[@scottstiff6585]

@@andrewdock7288 A

[@roullemaskin]

Gillgamesh had a bigger ego than Kanye West

[@RevJR]

If Kanye had slain the bull of heaven, maybe we'd not give him such a hard time.

[@drunkfarmer5106]

Gilgamesh is a genius, don't ya know!

[@deewoods8785]

Yeah except Gilgamesh was 2/3 God, you can't judge what you do not understand

[@petalpurity]

gay fish

[@bobbyludlam2475]

Lol jk

[@thatkid3895]

Thank you for the audiobook! I had a heard time reading it, but the way you read it made it more bearable for me.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Yep, very repetitive when you read it.

[@moonlitonthebae]

I enjoyed this very much and have been interested in this story for a long time. Thank You for your content :)

[@criticalmass7841]

I've never read nor listened to the whole epic before, only a few choice parts in grade school. It was very entertaining to listen, and I thank you for making it. I hope that this channel becomes a success Sargon.

[@talor831]

It's like he is having a stroke every time he pronounces "Utnapishtim". I love it.

[@yusufshaikh9768]

Yeah it's a weird name xD

[@shqiptariidukagjinit5650]

Oliver Joseph bruh my name is Blendor

[@joanhuffman2166]

Or a sneeze

[@jonshepherd2550]

Yes I keep wanting to say bless you every time he sneezes that out.

[@richardkranium2944]

I wouldn’t want to try and pronounce that.

[@santogoso210]

Thank you for taking the time in reading this story for all to enjoy.

[@jeydomo]

I bought the book years ago and loved it. You reciting certain lines brought back a few memories.

[@bdub1785]

As a listener of many audio books, the narration on this one is great!! Two thumbs up 👍🏻 👍🏻. Look forward to listening to more.

[@countpicula]

Yeah, who would have thought Sargon of akad would be such a good narrator?

[@sorrystilltrying5062]

​@@countpiculaThat's crazy, to me. I can't even remember subscribing to this channel. I clicked on the video to guide me to sleep. After hearing the voice and seeing, I'm subscribed with notifications on, I had to check the comments. But I really don't remember this channel.

[@knightware1]

​@@countpiculaI knew it was his voice! I googled it and couldn't find any information. Thanks for confirming

[@Soulraven2735]

​@countpicula Yeah, for all of his many, many, faults, one thing he has in spades is a really nice voice.

[@seven7upndown241]

Try book of enoch. That book speaks that these demi gods are actually the demons today. Gilgamesh strong as a star. In the bible the stars are the angels. That book is in the time when many angels rebelled against God and made giant children on earth so God made hell for these fallen angels and their sons without forgving them (the reply given to Enoch after they asked for forgiveness) so they started to teach people witchcraft and to make weapons. These sons were giant, very stong, wise and sadistic that they ate people and lived for 500 years and after their death their spirits were and are known as evil spirits or demons today. This demi god gilgames is son of a fallen angel.

[@tyleraddington922]

Thank you for this Sargon!!! You're the best as always.

[@ME-ru4hv]

Its really well structured, efficient and entertaining. No extraneous words.

[@kaiserschnitzel89]

Man people 4000 years ago must have been real tired of having to answer the same question asked by three different people

[@ThatGnome]

Dude, you have to do some of the old Norse sagas It'd make many a day for me.

[@AncientRecitations]

OdinCraft I'm actually planning on doing the Vinland Saga soon.

[@ThatGnome]

Ancient Recitations Day. Made.

[@SweejitOfficial]

Ancient Recitations Brilliant! I was hoping you'd recite some Norse stuff.

[@SUPERkING0052]

OdinCraft could you recommend some to me? I'd like to read some.

[@vladtepes9614]

SUPERkING0052 Here's an excerpt from "The Poetic Edda": plus.google.com/109437328687980999173/posts/BUbZ9NNquVp

[@ronaldfrechette2045]

I know this is old, but I just almost fell over to see it. You made me so happy. Any chance for more of these? Beowulf? The Iliad? I would freak.

[@seven7upndown241]

The book of Enoch speaks that these demi gods are actually the demons today. Gilgamesh strong as a star. In the bible the stars are the angels. That book is in the time when the fallen angels rebelled against God and made giant children on earth so God made hell for these fallen angels and their sons without forgving them (the reply given to Enoch after they asked for forgiveness) so they started to teach people witchcraft and to make weapons. These sons were very stong, wise and sadistic that they ate people and lived for 500 years and after their death their spirits were and are known as evil spirits or demons today. This demi god gilgames is son of a fallen angel.

[@seven7upndown241]

Beowulf's story is actually a fallen angel that lives in the sea made children with people and their chidlren were recognised as demi gods in their time or in this situation these children are destorying and killing coz its their nature.

[@baileysaunders5641]

​@@seven7upndown241yea I believe all these are the fallen angel stories and the Greek gods an pagan gods are the angels also ......PRAISE YAHWEH THE GOD OF TRUE ISRAEL

[@shayl0tus]

1:04:15 "utanapishtim" Lol even my Greek mythology professor couldn't pronounce it 🤣 😂

[@leemack2729]

Excellent narration brother!!!thank u very much for posting . It was great and easy to listen 2.....

[@khalidsowayan7138]

Fantastic reading! I've only read excerpts so this is my first time hearing it in its entirety.

[@mathish1477]

Sargon of Akkad the youtuber

[@gerythionargarys7848]

I tried so hard to read this all the way through! Thanks, Sargon!

[@keithlloyd4254]

I recognize that voice, a man of any talents that Sargon. Beside forming the first known empire you also do narrations in your spare time. Well well.

[@MrShock8]

2 hours of work with no ads. Thank you for your time friend.

[@SketchyWhiteDude]

Man, I haven't read Gilgamesh in like 15 years. Excellent.

[@MickGallJr]

I can honestly say that were it not for this, I would never have heard the epic of Gilgamesh.

[@edwardrichard2561]

You have they call him Noah. The great flood and the Genesis

[@mrankitanks]

@@edwardrichard2561 Yup, most of the bible and koran are copied from the epics that preceded them.

[@daddymcsnacks_561]

@@mrankitanks ssshhh, don't disrupt the status quo. People need to feel that their God is right and pure and original. 😁

[@bankaihadouken1180]

Final fantasy games lol

[@edwardrichard2561]

@sungirl reloaded Babylon aka Irag was founded by the Samarian in between the Tigris and Euphrates. They called it Eden. Also the word angel comes from the Samarian word Annuakki means messenger. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest story written in the oldest written language. It all roots back to Samaria.

[@grimwaldsilverpipe4326]

This is wonderful, thank you for creating and posting.

[@007speedcuber]

"Fuck yeah Gilgamesh audiobook" *hears Carl's voice* "Oh no..."

[@patryksg]

Great idea for a channel. Thank you very much for this! One of the reasons I subscribed to you was the fact that you teach about history. So this is right up my alley.

[@scienceofthemagi9750]

So do you just read history or do you seek the truth. If you can astral project I could teach you much

[@ivangushkov3651]

This was so beautiful :O ty Sargon you made me smile on a difficult for me day...

[@MrTrenttness]

Ha! I started listening before and realized who was reading this! ♥️

[@ydnallah1541]

It’s such a great epic, still holds valuable lessons which are appropriate to us all to this very day.

[@seven7upndown241]

The book of Enoch speaks that these demi gods are actually the demons today. Gilgamesh strong as a star. In the bible the stars are the angels. That book is in the time when the fallen angels rebelled against God and made giant children on earth so God made hell for these fallen angels and their sons without forgving them (the reply given to Enoch after they asked for forgiveness) so they started to teach people witchcraft and to make weapons. These sons were very stong, wise and sadistic that they ate people and lived for 500 years and after their death their spirits were and are known as evil spirits or demons today. This demi god gilgames is son of a fallen angel.

[@vlweb3d]

*EXCELLENT READING !!!* One little suggestion though. If you could find more pictures based on the book that you're reading, that would be nice. Yeah, I know its an audiobook ... but since its on KZbin ... well, you know the rest ... 10/10 for awesome Sargon voice.

[@AncientRecitations]

VL VIDEOS I'll see what I can do in future. :)

[@Burdflu]

VL VIDEOS I second this. Good to lay back and have some visual cues just to prime the setting.

[@blackopsy9]

Ancient Recitations I rather prefer the single picture to a slideshow. Since it is just audio, a slideshow with lower quality images would just be a distraction compared to what you have now.

[@quintonbroster2994]

@@blackopsy9 you don't have to watch the screen if your just listening but there is some amazing art and architecture from this time and I for one would love to see a tie in Thanks to sargon really enjoyed your reading. Have you done anything with Irving Finkel?

[@bengrizzlyadams6187]

You mean as in a unreleased footage of Gilgamesh at the cote d'Azure partying on a table?

[@larydbowie2659]

Thank you so so so much for doing this, I am sharing this with my brother and my mother, and my mothers mother at this moment, and we are all loving it

[@davesky538]

That was exactly what I needed to hear today! Thanks so much! I enjoyed it immensely!!!!

[@jasonmatthews7829]

Fascinating, thank you. It seems as though a harem was simply not enough, but Gilgamesh seemed to be a practitioner of Prima Nocta before it became hip.

[@MrATN800]

This is really well done. You should do some more if you've got the time

[@AncientRecitations]

MrATN800 Thanks, I certainly shall.

[@hdde8888]

00:00 Prologue 01:43 The Coming of Enkidu 06:57 Enkidu 15:59 Journey in the Forest 24:14 The Great Queen 32:40 The Mountain Dream 42:46 Ishtar and Gilgamesh 49:05 Ishtars Curse 53:10 Gilgameshs Curse

[@SedDelMar]

Thanks! A very challenging read. I admire your hard work.

[@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt]

This is brilliant and you are the true Gilgamesh. Thank you Master.

[@crysisidiol999]

My god .. i didn't even know i needed this , but now i do . 10/10 keep up the stellar job man . It was your history content that made me subscribe to you at first .

[@Karou812]

GIRUGAMESH

[@OppaiBros]

The Spyngas Lousy mongrels...

[@zero1343]

The Spyngas Truly the King of Kings.

[@way2tehdawn]

The Spyngas AND GAIMING!!!

[@BrugGrug]

way2tehdawn AND MONGAW

[@richardjohnson5588]

The Spyngas The memes have to stop

[@scotty4189]

The darkness was thick, and there was no light. He could see nothing ahead, and nothing behind him.

[@histguy101]

@HiIamFin It's a poem. They can be just as repetitive today.

[@Richard0292]

I completely forgot you made these and I passed over them at the time. It's going to be awesome making my way through these 😎

[@roxannawatrous6087]

Thank you Sargon! You have a great reading voice. I appreciate it. Keep going through all the epics. This is awesome!

[@nolikeygsomnipresence270]

That was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. Thank you so much.

[@Jilktube]

Holy crap I stumbled upon this and had no idea that i'd hear Sargon's voice. What a goldmine of a channel. Bravo.

[@loral6488]

This is my favorite story. Whoever you are sir you read it very well. Thank you for helping me sleep many nights!

[@alexanderbryant4979]

It’s Carl Benjamin

[@cheesecakewithsardines4277]

Such a wonderful story about the human mind. I very well may be wrong im my interpretation of this i see it as being an allegorical guide of sorts for looking within ourselves.

[@madisonpolk1634]

Thank god for this, I had to read it for school and instead of having to make time to read it manually I got to listen this way in the car and during other activities. I'm usually not a fan of audiobooks, but you would make a killing narrating more cause I actually enjoyed this

[@dlmiller7873]

Thank you for this, C.B. It's a very nice reading.

[@jtothaizzo7000]

Your voice is perfect for this. Thank you for this

[@IWanderedAsACloud]

Sargon's voice is incredibly well suited for audiobooks! :)

[@johndavidvandevert343]

Yes!!!!

[@dan5609]

I know of your works and very much appreciate all that you do. Well read indeed kind sir.

[@enkiofsumer8374]

So looking forward to listening to this later. It's unbelievable that it's never popped up in my 'recommended viewing'. Then when I heard the voice narrating it, I thought "I'm sure that's Sargon of Akkad". So Thanks Carl. I've been a follower of yours for years. This really took me by surprise when it popped up. I've subscribed to this channel now, to go through your back catalogue. I already subscribe to your other historical channel, as well as Akkad Daily. Excellent stuff. Really great, relaxing reading style too. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@demillebrandon1185]

It's crazy how his story was lost for thousands of years and then found I think right before the 1900s

[@jmmx69]

Is this true?

[@gilgameshtheimmortal369]

Once I ran to you (I ran) Now I run from you This tainted love you've given I give you all a boy could give you Take my tears and that's not nearly all Tainted love, whoa whoa whoa Tainted love...

[@dvg1985]

27:38 "May you have victory in battle, as though you fought with a child."

[@sallyride6577]

This was marvelous! I don't know who the narrator was but I thought he did a great job! Thank you whoever you are!! So glad I found this!! 😀

[@brian197686]

He sounds like Karl Benjamin AKA Sargon Of Akkad.

[@redpilldude8688]

It is

[@typicalsomeone5073]

Thank you Carl. Great audio 👍

[@andreworr9312]

I'm subscribing because I'm 99.9999% sure this is Karl/Sargon. Lol Iconic voice my brother.

[@ChristopherRobertson]

Thanks so much for this Sargon.

[@lsheppard8996]

That’s Sargon? I thought it was

[@Adammrtl27]

I've had this in my watch list for a while... I would have done so sooner if I had known it was Sargon.

[@PandaNFriends23]

So much better than the Noah reboot. Thanks for the upload.

[@MichaelHannatoday]

Urantia: 15:14.9 Your planet is a member of an enormous cosmos; you belong to a well-nigh infinite family of worlds, but your sphere is just as precisely administered and just as lovingly fostered as if it were the only inhabited world in all existence.

[@johnetherington7799]

Wait- is this Carl Benjamin/Sargon reading? Awesome! Big fan

[@fullmetalpixel]

Shortly after felling the bull of heaven Gilgamesh said to Enkidu "fancy a cheeky Nandos?"

[@sh-hg4eg]

Thankfully it's now [insert current year] and this corporate contrived catchphrase has long been dead. Good riddance.

[@mdug7224]

Here’s a passage which can be interpreted to explain that the result of your actions are your immortality, not an immortal soul: “O Gilgamesh, this was the meaning of your dream. You were given the kingship, such was your destiny, everlasting life was not your destiny. Because of this do not be sad at heart, do not be grieved or oppressed; he has given you power to bind and to loose, to be the darkness and the light of mankind.”

[@paxthehedgehog7760]

Can you guys believe that we are still finding more lost pieces of this beautiful story to this day. I hope I live long enough to hear the complete story once we find all of the missing pieces.

[@Bennyndorothy2121]

This would make such a good movie I get like a Star Wars/Lord of the rings vibe. It’s been so long since a really good movie 🍿 has been made.

[@2Hot2]

When you stare at the statue for hours you start to pick up little details like the cute little lioness firmly clenching Gilgamesh's tower of power with her hind claw.. He also seems to be wearing a Swatch, which has got to be one of the earliest known examples of product placement. But on a more serious note, I really love this epic and the reading is perfect. It's kind of funny that such an early narrative makes the supreme macho man syndrome responsible for so much conflict, although I'm sure the Sumerians were no feminists either, because Ishtar is about as she-devilish as you can get. .

[@gilgameshtheimmortal369]

i couldnt stop laughing when enkidu was about to curse that prostitute to be a street hooker with no brothel to work out of just to have his mind changed and then blessed her with dick jewels and a husband. Like wtf yo😭😭😭

[@mannybear4691]

The bracelet he has isn’t a watch the symbol on it is an esoteric symbol meaning integrity that goes far back to the cave paintings even. It’s been theorized that cave paintings were a written language the whole world once knew based on the fact that we’re ever you go on earth they repeat the same symbols but something happened and separated the cultures from each other. And ever culture has a flood story so it was probably that and Gilgamesh did clams to know the language before the flood so yeah.

[@RelivingHistory1]

@@mannybear4691 most cave paintings are similar but not the same. they normally represent the animals that they hunted and basic things such as their handprint, or stick figures, which many young children do when they are young even today.

[@mannybear4691]

@@RelivingHistory1 there’s more than just pictures cave paintings tend to have words not just stick figures. 20000 years ago there was an ice age and the resulting water level rise caused between 5 and 8% of the earth’s total land mass to be submerged. That taken in to account most civilizations build around costal areas and spread from there every culture in the world has the same myth or story of a global flood that wiped out a more advanced civilization before them with a few survivors afterwards. My guess is the cave paintings are what’s the survivors made and even today if civilization collapsed and a small number of people survived most being people with little to no education in writing or art because there’s not that many great artists or writers today as is. I’m sure the clues they live behind in writing would look like something a child could make 8000 years later. There speculation in the archeology community about how it’s very likely people at one point shared a very common language and writing system based off the cave symbols such as the spiral and zig zag and others because of the manner there used in to try and tell a story with the support of pictures like people or stick men and animals . Also it’s been noted that if the cave paintings are viewed using a torch instead of a flash light it makes them look like they move. And that explains why you see some animals with two heads or six legs. Also the costal area all I’ve the world have proof of advanced stone work such as Atlit Yam that’s probably 9000 years old and Yonaguni monument in Japan some 5000 years old. There was also an underwater city discovered near Cuba in 2001 estates say 5000 years old also Lake Michigan has a stone hinge that’s 9000 years old that’s a big mystery considering most native Americans in North America never developed the ability to make stone structures or even simple metal works and Bimini Road. So most of these structures predate the Sumer Valley by at least 3000 years and they were the “first civilization”

[@RelivingHistory1]

@@mannybear4691 but then how do you explain the fact that almost all of the cave paintings are from 45,000/15,000BC? and again spirals and zig zags are very common drawings in all children, humans have always loved patterns and symmetry, so i would definitely find it hard to believe they represented some magic universal language....I am sure there were civilisations that predated the sumerians, but they are the ones that we have the most information about, because they left us tables filled with their writings, unlike these older civilisations.

[@AdamJWM]

I spent over two years in Iraq and not being able to explore the land like an archeologist is such a tragedy to the world. The Iraq war was such a terrible thing.

[@fyrefalcyn]

Put this on and fell asleep. Very interesting dreams. Thank you. My first uninterrupted sleep in weeks.

[@Nathanfx2006]

The voice is sargon of akkad or something like that?

[@KonguZya]

Excellent! I have a 4-hour break until my next final and I'm sure Sargon's soothing voice will help me study.

[@koss4374]

KonguZya did u pass

[@TylerThomas]

Chapter 5 - the Flood, as a Christian knowing that Abraham left Ur which was part of the culture that held to these myths is very interesting.

[@FreeLeonardPeltierNow]

Thank you for posting this

[@bastardspecies8999]

Could you do the Iliad or something about the Trojans and old greeks in general? Id love to here it!!@

[@Fluffy52600]

Enkidu is sasquatch. Change my mind.

[@silentmornings8648]

too soon man, too soon /s

[@christbickerstaff279]

Sasquash just a shorter version.lol

[@scienceofthemagi9750]

Glory seeker you will never have the glory of meeting the universal gardeners aka sasquatch. Just like your vane heart won't let you find the pure unconditional loving angels.

[@jmpierce83]

@@scienceofthemagi9750 Those unconditional loving angels are fallen beings and are deceiving you.

[@scienceofthemagi9750]

@@jmpierce83 I know you're seeking truth if you're here. Try Gnostic texts. Written by Yashua. Real Christianity. Then read parables of Kryon. Come find me when done

[@heatherray43]

Aww the kitty he is holding.

[@denniscarroll3164]

Hearing this piece of ancient history is incredible. Like all ancient history is.

[@Flashfirefoxone]

damn your voice is smooth only a few people could of made me enjoy listening more. well done

[@kylekatayamadaisuke]

This is sargon of akkad you know?

[@Poe_Dunker]

I thought it was! Added to favorites lol

[@Flashfirefoxone]

@@kylekatayamadaisuke well this was his second channel a long time ago so yeah i know it was him :P

[@opietaylor5579]

I know, his voice makes me moist

[@rayanderson5797]

So, according to this translation, Gilgamesh's sword which he used to fight Humbaba weighed 120 pounds. The axes weighed 180 pounds each. Out of curiosity, I tried to calculate how big the sword would be, and came up with a length of up to 60 feet, if it was the thickness of a regular bronze sword (which would make it too brittle to hold up). It could also be more like 6 and a half feet long, if we assume it was much thicker.

[@ToshiiTheBlack]

I think you should should change the material it was made out of.

[@evolvedou812]

your ratio is wrong.

[@mannybear4691]

I so a 2 1/2 inch diameter bronze bar 105 inches long weights 175 pounds

[@Ikaris10000]

Gilgamesh is so awesome

[@TakeOneSip]

read tablet 9 or 11 (not sure) but the story was about Gilgamish searching for a great prophet, then he was brought to Ishtar *he was then commanded by her to prostrate to him, he refused, and the outcome was him being assassinated by the devils * so Ishtar was a symbolism of worldly desires

[@janthony8034]

I had a blast listening to this, thanks man! Did you consider doing it in smaller chunks? It sounded like you struggled a little toward the end. I also feel you could practice a couple of the harder names before doing the recording. Overall enjoyable and looking forward to whatever else you do.

[@therealholopan9740]

hey karl, can you do the poetic eddas sometime? I love reading the old Norse tales, it would be great to hear you read them.

[@bravosierra2447]

Thank you for posting

[@masterofnone8400]

Thanks Sargon