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abetterjulie's review
4.0
Engaging, full of fascinating little tidbits of history, and thoughtful. I will be thinking about this book long after reading it.
serenityfire's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really interesting book about the archeologists that rediscovered The Epic of Gilgamesh and its history. I highly enjoyed the details.
chcubic's review against another edition
2.0
Digressing too much into lives and stories of people who were involved in the excavation of archaeological sites, without much relevance to the Epic of Gilgamesh or Sumerian/Assyrian histories themselves.
docperschon's review against another edition
5.0
I love this book. I came across it after I'd been teaching Gilgamesh in World Literature for about two years. It didn't change my approach so much as illuminate it in so many ways. From uncovering the essential contributions of the overlooked Hormuzd Rassam, who uncovered many of the Gilgamesh tablets, to Damrosch's excellent summary/commentary of the Gilgamesh story, this book is filled with information which fleshed out the history of the Gilgamesh tablets. If you love ancient or nineteenth-century history, archaeology, or ancient epics, this book is a must-read. Damrosch does an excellent job of keeping the content engaging and accessible, so this one isn't just for scholars. Would go together very nicely with Stephen Mitchell's version of Gilgamesh as a study of the epic.
abetterjulie's review against another edition
4.0
Engaging, full of fascinating little tidbits of history, and thoughtful. I will be thinking about this book long after reading it.
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