The new finding, a clay tablet, reveals a previously unknown "chapter" of the epic ... keep Gilgamesh in line) as they travel to the Cedar Forest (home of the gods) to defeat the ogre Humbaba.

He kills the divinely-protected environmental guardian, Humbaba, and ransacks his precious ... and the importance of community. The Epic of Gilgamesh was wildly famous in antiquity, with its ...

The epic tells the story of the titular demigod, Gilgamesh the King of Urdu, and his friend Enkidu, the wild man. The two kill the guardian of the forest, the monster Humbaba, and the gods ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Gilgamesh Epic, often described as the earliest ... Together they fight Humbaba, monstrous guardian of the Cedar Forest, and kill the Bull of Heaven, for ...

At the heart of the epic is the story of a friendship between Gilgamesh, who is a demigod and the king of Uruk, and his wild-man sidekick, Enkidu. After Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill Humbaba ...

Despite Humbaba’s pleas for mercy ... having been transcribed thousands of years ago, “The Epic of Gilgamesh” has lessons for today’s Stanford students more so than ever.