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Gilgamesh's travels
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They return to Uruk, where they would kill the bull of heaven
Gilgamesh and Enkidu travel to the Cedar Forest, believed to be in Lebanon, to fight and kill Humbaba
"I have a long journey to go, to the land of Humbaba... the cedar forest" (8)
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" ‘Urshanabi, climb up on to the wall of Uruk, inspect its foundation terrace, and examine well the brickwork; see if it is not of burnt bricks; and did not the seven wise men lay these foundations?"
(23)
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"...reached the gates of Uruk, the bull... [cracked open] the earth... So Gilgamesh followed the Bull, he seized the thick of its tail, he thrust the sword between the nape and the horns and slew the Bull."
(12)
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Having lost, "The Old Men Are Young Again" Gilgamesh returned to Uruk empty handed, though satisfied with his life's achivements
"GILGAMESH went abroad in the world, but he met with none who could withstand his arms till be came to Uruk."
(1)
As Gilgamesh was ruler of Uruk, the story starts there
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"Already the stream has carried it twenty leagues back to the channels where I found it. I found a sign and now I have lost it. Let us leave the boat on the bank and go.'"
(22-23)
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Overcome with anger at the death of the bull of heaven, it was decided Enkidu should die in atonement. After witnessing the death of his friend, Gilgamesh Traveled to the Land of Dilman, in Bahrain, to discover the secrets of immortality
Gilgamesh would return to Uruk primarily by the Euphrates, having accepted the inevitability of death
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"So Gilgamesh travelled over the wilderness, he wandered over the grasslands, a long journey, in search of Utnapishtim, whom the gods took after the deluge; and they set him to live in the land of Dilmun, in the garden of the sun; and to him alone of men they gave everlasting life."
(16)