How does Gilgamesh have a futuristic fighter plane?


In the dogfight between Gilgamesh and Berserker, Gilgamesh rides a golden
fighter plane that is capable of hovering and flying at great speeds,
supposedly by harnessing some "strange green power" (see the opening wings and
glow when Gilgamesh prepares to dodge Berkserker's approach). The Gate of
Babylon is supposed to contain Gilgamesh's treasures of his time, so how did
such a futuristic contraption come into his possession?




This "airplane" is the [Vimana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana). It is
recorded in several epic Hindu texts, including the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata. In fact, in the original Sanskrit works, there is more than one
vimana, but in any case it is a flying contraption that gods would ride. There
is no record of them in Babylonian literature as far as I know, but of course
Gilgamesh owns the prototypes for all of the technology that appeared in later
cultures, which presumably includes this.




This "airplane" is the [Vimana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana). It is
recorded in several epic Hindu texts, including the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata. In fact, in the original Sanskrit works, there is more than one
vimana, but in any case it is a flying contraption that gods would ride. There
is no record of them in Babylonian literature as far as I know, but of course
Gilgamesh owns the prototypes for all of the technology that appeared in later
cultures, which presumably includes this.

