Blog Post #68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock

Today for our undead in the classical world blog series, Assyriologist JoAnn Scurlock discusses attitudes surrounding death, burial and funerals, the afterlife, and ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia.

Blog Post #67: Beyond the Grave with Melissa S. Cradic

Continuing with our undead in the classical world blog series, this week archaeologist and Badè Museum curator Melissa Cradic guides us through the complexities of excavating ancient graves, and relationships between the living and the disembodied dead in the ancient near east.