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More than a century after the National Museum of Denmark began acquiring a vast collection of inscribed clay tablets from the ancient Near East, researchers have finally completed a comprehensive analysis of the artifacts. The groundbreaking project, titled "Hidden Treasures: The National Museum's Collection of Cuneiform Tablets," has digitized and cataloged these ancient texts for the first time. Among the most spectacular findings is a royal list that includes the legendary king Gilgamesh, providing rare documentary evidence that the hero of the world's oldest epic poem may have been a real historical figure. The collaborative effort between the National Museum of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen examined texts that are, in many cases, over 4,000 years old. These documents