See also the Epic of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literature. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the protagonist of the story, Gilgamesh king of Uruk, which were fashioned into a longer Akkadian epic much...

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Mount Nisir is supposedly the mountain today that is known as Pir Magrun (Gudrun) around Suleimani in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...

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According the Epic of Gilgamesh, Mt. Nisir is the resting place of the ship built by Utnapishtim. Old Babylonian cuneiform texts carefully describe where Mt. Nisir is to be found. Despite the precise descriptions in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the curious have never attempted to search for the remains of the giant ship of Mt. Nisir.