{"product_id":"the-epic-of-gilgamesh-paperback","title":"The Epic of Gilgamesh - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eN. K. Sandars\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends. Travelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba. But when Enkidu is killed, his death haunts and breaks the mighty Gilgamesh. Terrified of mortality, he resolves to find the secret of eternal life... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eN. K. Sandars\u003c\/b\u003e studied, soon after the war, with Professor Gordon Childe at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, and took the diploma of the Institute. She continued to work at Oxford, taking a B.Litt. degree in the prehistory of Europe, and thereafter she worked on the prehistory of the Aegean, receiving a studentship at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, a scholarship from Oxford University and a travelling prize from the University of Liverpool. She has travelled extensively in Europe and in the Near and Middle East, and has taken part in excavations in the British Isles and overseas. She has contributed article to various journals and is the author of \u003ci\u003eBronze Age Cultures in France\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Art in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a fellow the British Academy and of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 7.13 x 4.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753732079904,"sku":"9780141026282","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3bbd38b268c355215b15499f39387ce2.webp?v=1780026421","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-epic-of-gilgamesh-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}