Archaeologists in Iraq believe they have found the tomb of King Gilgamesh, the subject of the world's oldest "book".

While Gilgamesh was apparently a real king who ruled the Sumerian city-state of Uruk around 2750 B.C., his deeds certainly didn't diminish in the retelling, and the real man was eventually ...

In the tale — as presented outdoors by Theater Schmeater this summer — the wiry and nimble Gilgamesh (Ronnie Hill), King of Uruk, is two-thirds God and one-third man.

Gilgamesh is the story of a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia, and his journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Gilgamesh discovers that friendship can bring peace to a whole city and that wisdom ...

An ancient, epic poem from Mesopotamian mythology that is considered one of the earliest works of literature in human history. This story is centred around the legendary king of Uruk, who is ...

The recovery of the "The Epic of Gilgamesh" was less dramatic, mostly because it was drawn out over decades, but the prize was even more fabulous than the treasures of King Tut's tomb: the oldest ...

What Al-Rawi and George translated is a formerly unknown portion of the fifth tablet, which tells the story of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu (the wild man created by the gods to keep ...

Gilgamesh gains the secret of eternal life- an underwater plant- but it is stolen from him by a serpent. There is nothing left but death for our king. Returning to Uruk, he quickly succumbs to the ...

TWO-thirds god, one-third man — Gilgamesh, King of the Sumerian city of Uruk, with an enviable physical structure, transcendent valor, and unparalleled wisdom holds the prelude of the most ...