[Fifth Business]

Thanks much for the ping. There seems to be slender evidence that this found building is a tomb, much less the tomb of Gilgamesh. All the same, I hope they are right.

Besides the eponymous epic, Gilgamesh is also mentioned in the Sumerian King List. There he is said to have ruled Uruk for 126 years.

The picture of the bronze head of the Akkadian king Sargon, which accompanies your post, was one of the things believed pilfered from the Baghdad Museum.

[Constitution Day]

Thank you very much for your comments.
I haven't heard much about this find except for this posted article.

A picture of the bronze head of King Sargon is on the front of my copy of Ancient Iraq.

At the very least, I hope it's in the home of a wealthy collector.
That would be a far better fate than some of the other destroyed artifacts, and would make recovery possible... one day.