Dear Travelers,
Can you resist hearing more about this being? Open the copper box.
“He had seen everything, had experienced all emotions, from exaltation to despair, had been granted a vision into the great mystery, the secret places,
The primeval days before the flood. He had journeyed to the edge of the world and made his way back, exhausted but whole.
He had craved his trials on stone tablets, had restored the holy Eanna Temple and the massive wall of Uruk, which no city on earth can equal.
See how its ramparts gleam like copper in the sun.
Climb the stone staircase, more ancient than the mind can imagine,
Approach the Eanna Temple, sacred to Ishtar,
A temple that no king has equaled in size or beauty,
Walk on the wall of Uruk, follow its course around the city,
Inspect its mighty foundations, examine its brickwork, how masterfully it is built,
Observe the land and it encloses: the palm trees, the gardens, the orchards, the glorious palaces and temples, the shops and marketplaces, the house, the public quarters.
Find the cornerstone and under it the copper box that is marked with my name.
Unlock it.
Open the lid.
Take out the tablet of lapis lazuli
Read how
Gilgamesh suffered all and accomplished all."
Love, Ran
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