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  • » View of the exhibition in the August Kestner Museum. In the foreground a replica of an Akkadian bronze head. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » The nine themes of the exhibition are based upon the nine episodes of Gilgamesh’s journey. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » Semi-transparent banners illustrate the main topics of the epic: love, death and friendship. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » Themes 7-9: “In the land of Immortality”, “The Babylonian Noah”, “The tavern at the end of the world”. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.

Gilgamesh – Exhibition

By On 2015-10-28 With No Comments

About the project The exhibition “Gilgamesch. Archäologie einer unsterblichen Gestalt im Alten Orient” provides an insight into one of the oldest literary texts known today – the epic of Gilgamesh, the mythical king of ancient Uruk. This fascinating 5-millenia-old epic tells the story of Gilgamesh and his profound catharsis, charting his transformation from despotic and […]

  • » View of the exhibition catalogue.
  • » View of the exhibition catalogue. All articles were written by students of the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
  • » Wonderful illustrations by the young artist Franziska Leischker, who produced these screen prints exclusively for the exhibition.

Gilgamesh Exhibition Catalogue

By On 2007-06-20 With No Comments

About the project In 2007/2008, the exhibition “Gilgamesch. Archäologie einer unsterblichen Gestalt im Alten Orient” took place at the August Kestner Museum in Hannover. It provided an insight into one of the oldest literary texts known today – the epic of Gilgamesh, the mythical king of ancient Uruk. This fascinating 5-millenia-old epic tells the story […]

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