» 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.
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 […]