Mesopotamia Powerpoint

Epic of Gilgamesh II
● Gilgamesh then goes on a quest
for everlasting life
● When he finds a plant that
promises everlasting life, a
serpent snatches it away (Left)
● He is left with a vision of death, a
“house of dust,” and a place of
inescapable sadness
● The snake recurs in the Book of
Genesis and leads to the Fall of
Man