Did the Bible Copy Ancient Myths | E2
In the nineteenth century archaeologists uncovered thousands of ancient clay tablets buried beneath the ruins of Mesopotamian cities like Nineveh and Babylon.
As scholars slowly deciphered the ancient writing system known as cuneiform, they discovered stories that sounded strangely familiar. Stories about creation. Stories about great floods. Stories about divine beings interacting with humanity.
One of those discoveries shocked the academic world. Inside the British Museum, Assyriologist George Smith translated part of an ancient epic known as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
The story described a man…
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