MANY YEARS AGO, 12 CLAY TABLETS FROM THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD (27TH CENTURY BC) WERE DISCOVERED DESCRIBING AN ANCIENT SUMERIAN KING'S LEGEND, "THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH". AFTER WINNING A LONG BATTLE WITH ENKIDU THEY BECOME CLOSE COMPANIONS. THE TWO HAVE MANY ADVENTURES. ENKIDU, DIES AFTER THEY SLAY THE "BULL OF HEAVEN". TRAUMATIZED, KING GILGAMESH ATTEMPTS TO LEARN THE SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE BY SEARCHING FOR PLACES WHERE THE SECRETS MAY BE FOUND.