The Ancient Mesopotamian poem entitled the Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 27th century BC) 1 is famed as being the first corpus of epic literature known to man. It is also a source of much conjecture, for ...

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

Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists - The administrative tablets give a rare ...

It explores the certainly exaggerated exploits of a legendary Sumerian king who reputedly built one ... Jamin Jollo as Enkidu in “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” (Photo by Lesley Currier) The imposing ...