humans have been fascinated with the afterlife since ancient Mesopotamia
- Written by: Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate, University of Sydney
As Halloween approaches, we start to think about ghosts, monsters, and demons.
Grave goods from Ur, Mesopotamia 6000-1500 BC Gallery, British Museum.But a fascination with the afterlife and other worlds is not new: ghost stories from all over the world prove it’s been part of the human experience from prehistoric times.
Even before the...
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