Now known as the Epic of Gilgamesh, this work was totally new ... In the 1870s Smith published his translations of the work in several books—most notably in The Chaldean Account of Genesis.

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 ...

A carving of the tale of Gilgamesh Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP (Glasg) via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 The first great masterpiece of world literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh ...

Recounting the tale of the Spanish conquest, Aztec Rhapsodies tells of heroism, triumph and tragedy in epic verse.

To help you decide where to start, here's our take on some of the books that broke boundaries ... literature ever written (or carved) is The Epic of Gilgamesh. As the title suggests, it’s ...

Smith located the heart of the epic in Gilgamesh's journey to a distant cedar ... with ambitious plans to write a series of books on Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture.

What makes Elif Shafak‘s books so engrossing is how expertly ... as well as the ancient poem “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, that ...