The Sumerian creation myth presents symbolic layers and interpretations that go beyond the literal narrative, involving concepts of energy, consciousness, and cosmic order. The Sumerian gods ...

The ancient Sumerian “Epic of Gilgamesh” (25,000 B.C.) is thought to be the oldest written story in human history. In the tale — as presented outdoors by Theater Schmeater this summer ...

The United States has returned a portion of the "Epic of Gilgamesh" back to the Republic of Iraq, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The rare Sumerian poem was illegally ...

Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, the 3,600-year-old religious text shows a section of a Sumerian poem from the Epic of Gilgamesh. It is one of the world's oldest works of literature and was ...

The approximately 3,600-year-old tablet, known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, contains a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh—a Sumerian poem that is among the oldest known pieces of literature.