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This week, we're continuing our discussion of heroes by talking about Gilgamesh, star of one of the earliest written hero stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and eventually...

North American grizzly bear and her cub, photo taken by Tim Rains. Denali National Park and Reserve.

Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with Tim Pauketat all about his new book Gods of Thunder: How Climate Change, Travel, and Spirituality Reshaped Precolonial America, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Thank you so...

Reconstruction of the head of an adult male Homo heidelbergensis. It is on display in the Hall of Human Origins in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

A polished jade figurine from the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica. The larger figure holds a deity, probably a representation of a rain god. (Brooklyn Museum, New York)

Adena effigy pipe, found in a tomb at the lowest level of the famous Adena Mound, near Chillicothe, Ohio, created during the transition between the Adena (400 BCE - 100 CE) and Hopewell (100 BCE - 400 CE) periods. Photo was taken in the...

A slave cabin on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, which has been maintained as a historic site.

A slave cabin on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, which has been maintained as a historic site.

The Chunkey Player Effigy Pipe (also known as "The Chunkey Player"), made of flint clay, measuring 8.5 inches (22 cm) high by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. Thought to have originally come from Cahokia but found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, dated...

A spinning room containing a loom, from the colonial American Mount Vernon Estate.