New Chapter Of The Epic Of Gilgamesh

By Amabella Pelland • Published: 11 December 2023 • Updated: 12 May 2025

The new lines include descriptions of a journey into the "Cedar Forest," where Gilgamesh and Enkidu encounter monkeys, birds and insects, then kill a forest demigod named Humbaba. In a paper...

The Epic of Gilgamesh contains within it many universal tropes -- the hubris of a hero, the fear of mortality and even a great flood, navigated by a voyager on an ark.

Gilgamesh will soon celebrate the 150th anniversary of its rediscovery in 1872, and since then the epic has swept like a ﬂood through the literary world, captivating readers.

14.10.2022 - Cultura Researchers Adelina Millet and Lluís Feliu, members of the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) of the University of Barcelona, have published a new.

8 Min Read. (Reuters) - The Epic of Gilgamesh, a 3,500-year-old Sumererian tale considered one of the world’s first pieces of literature, has a new chapter in an.