The Statue of Gilgamesh at the University of Sydney, Camperdown, was created by Assyrian-Australian artist Lewis Batros on commission from the Assyrian community, and unveiled in 2000.

Gilgamesh is described as a demigod of superhuman strength, as he was two-thirds God from his mother, Ninsun, and one-third human from his father, the former king, Lugalbunda.

[5] Gilgamesh fought the demon Humbaba (or Huwawa), along with wild man Enkidu and brought his head back to Uruk on a raft.

This epic, one of the oldest written stories, is the basis of many myths, legends and tales, including modern ones.The statue was sculpted by Lewis Batros, whose other sculptures are exhibited in Fairfield and Sydney Olympic Park in Australia, in Moscow, and in the US.

[7] He has done many Assyrian-inspired works, some of which have been controversial,[8] including a 4.5-metre-high (15 ft) monument to Assyrian victims of genocide commissioned by Fairfield council.