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3 days ago · Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /, / ɡ ɪ l ˈ ɡ ɑː m ɛ ʃ /; Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.
- Uruk
Uruk, today known as Warka, was a city in the ancient Near...
- Gilgamesh Flood Myth
The Gilgamesh flood myth is a flood myth in the Epic of...
- Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) is an epic...
- Gilgamesh (Disambiguation)
Fictional characters. Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the...
- Enkidu
Enkidu (Sumerian: 𒂗𒆠𒄭 EN.KI.DU 10) was a legendary figure in...
- Ninsun
Ninsun (also called Ninsumun, cuneiform: 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒄢 d NIN.SUMUN 2;...
- Zabibah and The King
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About...
- Ur-Nungal
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About...
- Humbaba
Humbaba (Ḫumbaba; 𒄷𒌝𒁀𒁀, Ḫûmbaba, with an optional...
- Utnapishtim
Cuneiform tablet with the Atra-Hasis epic in the British...
- Uruk
5 days ago · Sphinx, mythological creature with a lion’s body and a human head, an important image in Egyptian and Greek art and legend. The earliest and most famous example in art is the colossal recumbent Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, dating from the reign of King Khafre (c. 2575–2465 BCE).
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5 days ago · Thor, 19th-century woodcut. Thor, deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions was his father ...
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3 days ago · Origin. The Thracian religion, and especially its creation myth and its pantheon, were derived from the Proto-Indo-European religion.
2 days ago · Human evolution. The hominoids are descendants of a common ancestor. Human evolution is the evolutionary process within the history of primates that led to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family that includes all the great apes. [1]
15 hours ago · A significant moment in American sporting history occurred on January 15, 1967. Super Bowl I was the first championship game between the AFL and NFL Conferences, and it was a significant step in uniting a sport. For the record, the NFL’s Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. Green Bay’s Head Coach, Vince Lombardi, later gave ...
1 day ago · Such allegations, according to Dapin's rigorous research, are the stuff of myth, not substantiated history. It seems the public memory has been shaped more by cultural representations and ...
