The directors said that the side quest chain is titled Ancient Matters, and Gilgamesh seems to first appear on the fourth mission. When asked about the inclusion of the character in the world of FFVII ...

In last week’s column we considered the ancient Greek story of Deucalion and the wonderful ark, which saved the peoples of antiquity from a flood sent by the angry Olympian gods. We reflected on the ...

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 transported ...

Nick Owchar is acting deputy editor of Book Review. Seamus HEANEY isn’t the only one intent on making the classics relevant to our times. Stephen Mitchell’s translation of “Gilgamesh” (The Free Press: ...

Director Takahashi Mitsunori says creating Gilgamesh felt similar to how he developed Kefka’s and the Final Fantasy VI villain’s reverse magic. The staff enjoyed brainstorming different attacks like ...

In the ancient land of Mesopotamia, Gilgamesh was a demigod of superhuman strength who built cities and defeated enemies. In writer Shirley Graetz’s mind, the Akkadian figure who stars in the ancient ...

A rare and ancient tablet containing one of the world's oldest works of literature will finally be returned to Iraq. In 2014, Hobby Lobby purchased the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet for over $1.6 million. In ...

“Myths, like inquisitive children, keep asking: why?” Marina Warner observes in an essay posted at the London Review of Books. “They answer with stories of origin and destiny, luck and catastrophe.” ...

When does friendship become the stuff of mythology? Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe set out to answer this question in King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild, opening July 25 at the Young Centre in ...