'Gilgamesh's tomb' at Uruk

In April 2003 a German team announced that magnetometer surveys of Uruk showed a buried city and structures in the old bed of the Euphrates that might include the tomb of Gilgamesh.

2003 CE · 31.32, 45.64 · status: claim

The account

Jörg Fassbinder linked the find to the epic, which says Gilgamesh was buried under the river.

The sceptical view

Nothing has been excavated to confirm a tomb; the identification rested on the poem.

Sources

1. BBC News: 'Gilgamesh tomb believed found' (2003)
2. Wikipedia: Uruk