Excavating Truth
Excavating Truth
Nestled in an estate near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery called Sutton Hoo. The word hoo means spur of a hill, which appropriately identifies the several burial mounds located on the property. Positioned on the eastern bank of the River Deben, Sutt....
Oedipus - Overcoming your Obstacles
When it comes to an epic, we think of a story or poem about a heroic person. We think of someone who has done great deeds and has saved the world. We see a person who has died but left his mark in the end. The epic of Gilgamesh was an epic about a quest hero. The story of Oedipus was more of an....
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh, which comes to us from around 2000 B.C., tells us of Mesopotamian culture in which the King of Uruk lived, the story itself, which actually predates the Bible by 500 years, and also ties in the stories that can be related to the Bible today. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins w....
The epic of gilgamesh (The change from tyranny to a monarchy)
Can a tyranny be changed to a monarchy based on the developing inner-morality of its leader?
The Epic of Gilgamesh provides an account of a leader's relationship between his subjects', his friend, the gods, and himself. Through the relationships, Gilgamesh sets out on a quest to find immortality ....