Cool facts: Who was the world's first author?

[Azariah]

 

[ewomack]

I've seen original Sumerian cuneiform tablets in museums and I was shocked at how small they were and especially how tiny the figures were. I could barely make out the little strokes in clay. How did they read those?

I still have the Epic of Gilgamesh on my reading list, a Mesopotamian poem from roughly the same time.

 

[Azariah]

I've seen original Sumerian cuneiform tablets in museums and I was shocked at how small they were and especially how tiny the figures were. I could barely make out the little strokes in clay. How did they read those?

I still have the Epic of Gilgamesh on my reading list, a Mesopotamian poem from roughly the same time.

"From my mind to these pages
to another time and another reader's eyes,
it's amazing how I can speak to you
over time and distance.
That is the Beauty of Literature."
-P.L.R.​