Greg Jenner

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And to you, lovely listener, join me next time as we search through the phone book for another neglected historical topic.

But for now, I'm off to go and make a hoi hoi, the official greeting for podcast.

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You're Dead to Me is a BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4.

This episode was researched by Rosalind Sklar and Catherine Russell.

It was written by Rosalind Sklar, Dr. Emmy Rose Price-Goodfellow, Dr. Emma Neguse and me.

The audio producer was Steve Hankey and our production coordinator was Jill Huggett.

It was produced by Dr. Emmy Rose Price-Goodfellow, me and senior producer Dr. Emma Neguse and our executive editor was Philip Sellers.

Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.

My name's Greg Jenner.

I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.

And today we are grabbing our bestie and gallivanting back to ancient Mesopotamia to learn all about the epic of Gilgamesh.

And to help us on this daunting quest, we have two very special guides.

In History Corner, she's an honorary fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where she researches and teaches on the history of Mesopotamia, Cuneiform and the Akkadian language.

You might have read her wonderful recent book, Between Two Rivers, Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History.