Gilgamesh Games Antecedent of Olympic Games
Based on original Mesopotamian and Greek source material there are a
total of eleven major similarities discovered thus far that may show
that the ancient Greek Olympic Games have their antecedent in the
ancient Gilgamesh Games.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 01, 2008 – Ever since the Western
archaeological discovery of the ancient Olympic Games – which were
used as the antecedent of the modern Olympic Games – historians and
archaelogists have made numerous attempts to trace back the ancient
Olympic Games to their historical source in an attempt to better
understand their meaning and importance.
Finally on August 1st, 2008, on the eve of the modern Beijing Olympic
Games, and on the same date used by the ancient Mesopotamians to
commemorate the ancient Gilgamesh Games, the Gilgamesh Games thesis
has finally been published online. After years of researching
archaelogical source data we are able to present to you what may very
well be the origins of the ancient Olympic Games.
The main thesis shall show that the Mesopotamian (modern day Iraqi)
cultural influence that had for centuries percolated into ancient
Greece through contact with the Hittites (modern day Turks) and other
peoples appears to have suddenly swamped Greece during the middle of
the 8th century BC. This was during the start of the Sargonid dynasty
which saw the Assyrian (ancient Iraqi) empire reach its geographical
zenith and incorporate colonies such as the Greek island of Crete.
It was during this period that the funerary rituals and the athletic
‘feats of strength,’ depicted in the Death of Bilgames cuneiform
tablet, along with other Mesopotamian athletics festivals may have
been adopted from the ancient Mesopotamians and gradually incorporated
into the ancient Greek Olympic Games.
Based on original Mesopotamian and Greek source material there are a
total of eleven major similarities discovered thus far that may show
that the ancient Greek Olympic Games have their antecedent in the
ancient Gilgamesh Games.
The revelation that the Olympian “jewel in the crown” of Western
civilisation may trace back to the Middle East may unsettle many
readers, who have been immersed within the framework of Orientalism.
It will also sound the final death knell for the artificial concept of
“Western civilisation.”
For full details please visit http://www.gilgameshgames.org
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The Gilgamesh Games thesis has finally been published online. After
years of researching archaelogical source data we are able to present
to you what may very well be the origins of the ancient Olympic Games.
See: http://www.gilgameshgames.org