The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Hughes (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
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William Hughes narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 964 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literature shelf
4,091 Literature audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh is an audiobook by David Damrosch: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by William Hughes, released December 26, 2007, on the Literature shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Hughes
- Released
- December 26, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature
- ISBN
- 9781481565998
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh as an audiobook?
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh?
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh is narrated by William Hughes.