The head of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage revealed that 27,000 artifacts have been returned to the Iraqi National Museum.

The Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Indian Katha Upanishad present striking parallels in their explorations of death, mortality, and the nature of the soul. Gilgamesh, the mighty king of Uruk, and ...

But the men of Uruk muttered in their houses, 'Gilgamesh sounds the tocsin for his amusement, his arrogance has no bounds by day or night. The Epic of Gilgamesh, trans. by N.K. Sandars, Penguin ...

is based on the Mesopotamian poem called the Epic of Gilgamesh. He was the king of Uruk, and, being born two-thirds god and one-third human, was considered to be superior to the rest of mankind.

Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk, is abusing his authority, so the gods send Enkidu, a wild-man, to challenge him. Gilgamesh and Enkidu end up becoming friends and go on a journey to kill the monster ...