In other words, the Epic of Gilgamesh may have been the source of the Noah's ark story. You can read an English translation of the 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh online.

Since 2018, Fragmentarium has matched lines from the epic to text from 1,500 tablet fragments. Before A.I. was put to the task, scholars had only done so for about 5,000 pieces.

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 2001), pp. 614-622 (9 pages) This essay traces the history of the several major versions (Old Babylonian, eleven-tablet, and ...

Middle East Looted Gilgamesh tablet returns to Iraq in formal ceremony BAGHDAD (AP) — A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from an ...

The University of Chicago Press publishes more than 90 scholarly journals that cover a wide range of disciplines, from the humanities and the social sciences to the life and physical sciences. In ...

A rediscovered story This production is the first English language opera of the Epic of Gilgamesh, a literary masterpiece from ancient Mesopotamia. The story was first written down on clay tablets ...