The myth of Gilgamesh is less of a hero’s journey, and more of an existential crisis. We delve into the epic tale of Gilgamesh, the legendary Mesopotamian king.

Discovering Gilgamesh, the World’s First Action Hero. A self-taught scholar was responsible for finding the world’s first epic myth hidden among broken clay tablets in the British Museum.

"First Hero" is a third person hack 'n' slash, based on the epic of Gilgamesh: the holdest in our history. With an enormous strenght, various weapons and combinations you'll face a lot of soldiers ...

The king-hero Gilgamesh battling the ‘Bull of Heaven’. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY. The epic also provides the reader with a useful case study in what not to do if one is in the exceptional ...

Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Marvel Comics all owe a debt to Gilgamesh, a hero in Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the world’s first epic story. Gilgamesh was a historic king ...

From Gilgamesh to Star Wars, ... After all, the hero's journey lies at the heart of the most culturally significant stories around the world.

Gilgamesh the Hero. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, $20 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-8028-5262-5. Geraldine McCaughrean retells the oldest recorded story, adapted for children, in Gilgamesh the Hero ...

Scholars have struggled to identify fragments of the epic of Gilgamesh — one of the world’s oldest literary texts. Now A.I. has brought an “extreme acceleration” to the field.