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 ...

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 ...

It is believed that around 40,000 people lived in Uruk at its final phase in 3100BC, with a further 80,000 in its surrounding ...

The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...

The 3,500-year-old artefact, from what is now Iraq, bears text from the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's oldest works of literature. Prosecutors allege that an auction house deliberately ...