๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป '๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐' ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต!
Gilgamesh was the first recorded "diver" more than 4,000 years ago! The cuneiform script on clay tablets recorded his dive underwater to snatch the "Plant of Eternal Youth," in 2800 BC.
The story goes that he attached heavy stones to his feet to drag him to the oceans depths. He found and took the plant before cutting the rocks from his feet to take him back to the surface. Once ashore, he felt it would be a good time for a nap and fell asleep. While sleeping a devious snake came and gobbled up the plant before poor Gilgamesh could be forever youthful!
This tale became the first documentation of breath holding. 