The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Babylonian poem composed in ancient Iraq, millennia before Homer. It tells the story of Gilgamesh, king of the city of Uruk. To curb his restless and destructive energy, the ...

Rachael Kohn: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, in the land of today's Iraq, a story was written some 4,750 years ago, the epic of Gilgamesh. Hello, I'm Rachael Kohn and this is The Ark on ...

Gilgamesh, a new opera from Opera Australia, Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks, gives a visceral retelling of a story from a forgotten age, exploring ideas of love, tyranny and what it means to ...

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 ancient ...