The ancient Epic of Gilgamesh was scratched into clay tablets long before paper was invented. Now it’s getting the operatic ...

The map features Babylon and other significant cities and ... similar to the dark areas described in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

By Franz Lidz It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless ... the University of London whose translation of the epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most widely read.

The name 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is given to the Babylonian poem that tells the deeds of Gilgamesh, the greatest king and mightiest hero of ancient Mesopotamian legend. The poem falls into the category ...

Gilgamesh is one of Covent Garden’s newest hotspots – and it calls itself a sensory feast, blending history and modernity with Japanese, Chinese and south east Asian flavours. The interior is ...

Gilgamesh is one of Covent Garden’s newest hotspots – and it calls itself a sensory feast, blending history and modernity with Japanese, Chinese and south east Asian flavours. The interior is ...

The “oldest map of the world in the world” on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered over multiple centuries to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to a recent video published by ...

Young Italian author Costanza Casati shot into The Times’ bestsellers list with her first novel Clytemnestra, respinning ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...

Bartle Bull’s “Land Between the Rivers” is a sweeping and superbly written epic, from Gilgamesh fortifying Uruk, the “ur-city ...