It is also a source of much conjecture, for the hero king on whom the story is based, Gilgamesh is quoted as being two-thirds god and one-third human. In the poem, Gilgamesh is described as the ...

It tells the story of the demigod Gilgamesh who, among other adventures, embarks on a quest for immortality, during which he hears the story of a great flood that wiped out humanity. In the 1870s ...

The events revolve around King Gilgamesh of Uruk - an area corresponding to southern Iraq. The myth is based on a real king who ruled sometime between 2,800 and 2,500 BC. As the story goes ...

Flood myths are present in numerous ancient cultures, from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. While a global flood is unlikely, geological evidence suggests ...

The events revolve around King Gilgamesh of Uruk - an area corresponding to southern Iraq. The myth is based on a real king who ruled sometime between 2,800 and 2,500 BC. The Dream tablet recounts ...

The myth of Taurus has several origins. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar sends Taurus, the ‘Bull of Heaven,’ to kill Gilgamesh for his rejection of her advances. The bull is torn ...