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.
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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.
