History and myth of the Cradle of Civilization, bronze age Mesopotamia, beginning with the dawn of w
This is a good place for new listeners to start, particularly those interested more in history than
The god of wisdom and crafting is the chillest of the gods, that is when he is not turning his famil
The mountains will crumble and cities will tremble as Ninurta comes to put down a rebellion with max
He is a little bit creepy and king of the gods. He is Enlil, lord of wind, and today's episode is fo
This week, we follow the twists and turns of an odd love story, Ishtar and Dumazid, who despite the
Today we are going to weave a few separate tales of Ishtar together to get a picture of her characte
Today we finish the epic of Gilgamesh with the story of the mysterious hermit Utnapishtim, a tale th
In the penultimate episode of the Epic of Gilgamesh, we see the height of action and adventure. Gilg
In today's episode we cover two side stories of Gilgamesh. First he will fight off an invasion of Ur
Here we continue the adventures of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, as they travel far from their city to battl
Here we finally begin the Epic of Gilgamesh by recounting the opening tablet and a half, the taming
The History part of the Oldest Stories begins here. Where did Enmerkar, Lugalbanda, and Gilgamesh co
In this episode, we continue the oldest still existing narrative of human warfare. Aratta has gone b
In this, the first episode of the Oldest Stories podcast, we go all the way back to the very beginni
