The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jay_B_ on 2025-01-18 22:49:10.

Original Title: TIL that the oldest flood myth is likely the Epic of Gilgamesh. Written on 12 stone tablets, it’s one of the first pieces of literature in recorded history. The old Sumerian king searches for immortality and encounters someone who built a ship - the Preserver of Life - to outlast the Great Flood.