In our penultimate instalment of our Halloween Series, Dr. Megan Daniels takes us deeper into the realities behind Nolan’s shadowy references to the Sea People, the historical reality behind these groups, and how Nolan’s Odysseus can be a lesson for us all.
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Blog #128: Conversations with Dead People in the Odysseys of Homer and Christopher Nolan with Brett M. Rogers
In this week’s instalment of our Halloween Series, Dr. Brett M. Rogers explores the ways in which conversations with the dead are treated in Homer’s epic poem versus their treatment in Nolan’s 2026 film, the Odyssey.
Blog Post #125: The Odyssey: Necromancy, Seers and the Underworld with Daniel Ogden
This week with kick off our Halloween month series, focusing on the Odyssey, with a post by Prof. Daniel Ogden, Professor of Ancient History in the University of Exeter. Here he explores the eleventh book of the Odyssey, known as the Nekyia or the ‘Book of the Dead’, and the role of ghosts and necromancy in this text.
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.
