Ghosts of the Ancient Past - Northeastern Mediterranean
Greece The term shade was translated from the Greek σκιά and Latin umbra, both meaning shadow. This is likely alluding to the shadow of...
Ghosts of the Ancient Past - Egypt
Egypt Even by the predynastic period (c. 6000 - c. 3150 BCE) getting into the afterlife, called Sekhet-A'Aru or the field of...
Ghosts of the Ancient Past - Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (Sumeria, Babylon, and Assyria) Moving through time and space to the Ancient Near East in the Fertile Cresent. In the "Cradle...
Ghosts of the Ancient Past - Aboriginal Australia
Australia As Aboriginal Australians have considered themselves to share the landscape with many spirits for tens of thousands of years...
Ghosts of the Ancient Past
What is the oldest ghost story you've ever heard of, not the first one you've ever heard, but the most ancient? Before doing research for...