Enmerkar Archive

Uruk – Home To The Legendary Hero Gilgamesh

AncientPages.com | June 6, 2021

Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Old Testament mentions the city Uruk as Erech, and its original Sumerian name is Unug. What we know today about Uruk comes

Meskiaggasher: Legendary Founder Of The First Dynasty Of Uruk Who ‘Entered The Sea And Disappeared’

AncientPages.com | April 20, 2021

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to surviving clay tablet dated by the scribe who wrote around 2125 BC during the reign of King Utukhegal of Erech (Uruk),

Enmerkar: Legendary Sumerian Ruler Of Uruk And Granson Of God Utu

Enmerkar: Legendary Sumerian Founder And Ruler Of Uruk And Grandson Of God Utu

AncientPages.com | March 23, 2020

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enmerkar is a mythological, semi-historical character from Sumerian legends. He represents the first dynasty (3500 - 2750 BC), including great Mesopotamian heroes, Meskiaggasher (his