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What Is the Oldest Story Ever Written?
What is the name of the Sumerian-Akkadian epic considered the oldest surviving work of literary narrative, telling of a hero from Uruk who seeks immortality?
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What is the answer to the oldest story ever written quiz?
The answer is the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest surviving work of literature, written in cuneiform on twelve clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia.
Is the Gilgamesh flood older than the Bible?
Yes. The Epic of Gilgamesh contains a Great Flood narrative strikingly similar to Noah's Ark, but it was written down roughly a thousand years before the Hebrew Bible, making it the first known flood myth.
How old is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Its earliest versions date back roughly 4,000 years to Sumerian and Akkadian Mesopotamia, making it the oldest surviving literary narrative we know of.