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andrew c. skinner
Moses and the Brazen Serpent, engraving by Gustave Dor
he image of the serpent was tremendously snakes shedding their skins, continually exposing a
time periods as well as cultures. The for the prolongation of his life.
In the Gilgamesh epic, Utnapishtim
greatest sovereign the Sumerians ever Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New and his wife, who have become like
produced, King Gudea of the city-state York. Illustration by Michael Lyon. the gods, present some hope by which