Chalky alabaster statue of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, from Khorsabad, Iraq

UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1991: Assyrian civilization, 8th century b.C. Chalky alabaster statue of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. From Khorsabad, Iraq. (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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