However one god, Ea, alerts Utu-napishtim ... Later, Utu-napishtim tells Gilgamesh of his experience, according to the text.

After God shuts them in, the flood begins, with rain for 40 days and 40 nights. This is the first time the Bible will ...

The tale of the demigod Gilgamesh could have been lost ... Along the way, he encounters gods and monsters, and hears an account of a flood strikingly similar to that of the later story told ...

It is also a source of much conjecture, for the hero king on whom the story is based, Gilgamesh is quoted as being two-thirds god and one-third human. In the poem, Gilgamesh is described as the ...

As the title suggests, it’s a monumental tale about a King - yep, Gilgamesh - who used god-like powers to enslave his people. The tablets were discovered in 1853 but are thought to have been ...