THIS MONTH IN HISTORY
Oct 28, 2021
1 minute
EYE-OPENER
The next chapter
hronicling the mythic adventures of a Sumerian king and dating back to the second millennium is thought to be the world’s oldest work of literature. Now one of the tablets used to record a version of the story – the 3,500-year-old artefact pictured right – has returned to the region in which it was created.
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