Ancient Akkadian poems and medical texts reveal grief’s universals
The oldest story in the world, the ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’, shows us that the pain of grief is a fundamental part of being human
by Moudhy Al-Rashid
Moudhy Al-Rashid is a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where she researches and teaches the languages and history of ancient Mesopotamia. She specialises in the history of science and medicine in ancient Mesopotamia, but has written for academic and popular journals, including History Today, on various topics in cuneiform culture.
Written by Moudhy Al-Rashid