Episode R9 – The Flood - a podcast by Scott C.

“Surpassing all kings, powerful and tall

beyond all others, violent, splendid,

a wild bull of a man, unvanquished leader,

hero in the front lines, beloved of his soldiers –

fortress they called him, protector of the people,

raging flood that destroys all defenses…” – the Epic of Gilgamesh 

George Smith’s 1872 discovery of the Mesopotamian Flood tablet won him widespread acclaim.  Four years later, his ill-timed expedition to Nineveh would end in tragedy.

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