Statue of Gilgamesh at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Gilgamesh King of Uruk city state during the third millenuim BC. Gilgamesh set out on a quest to seek immortality. In the course of his quest, He finds compassion, friendship, courage, Love and Peace . In the 19th century, Sir Austin henry Layard found clay tablets recounting the epic of Gilgamesh in Ashourpanipal's 8th centry BC library at ninevah . This epic one of the oldest written stories, is the basis of many myths, legends and tales.