Description
Drawing on the world’s earliest written records, this fascinating study traces humanity’s enduring belief in ghosts back to ancient Mesopotamia. Through translations of cuneiform tablets, it explores how people understood restless spirits, why the dead might return, and the rituals devised to protect the living or lay ghosts to rest. Blending vivid historical detail with sharp scholarly insight, the book reveals how concerns about memory, mourning, justice, and the afterlife shaped one of civilization’s first cultures. It offers an illuminating and often surprising portrait of the ancient past—and of fears that remain remarkably familiar.
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Published Jan 1, 2021
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The First Ghosts by Irving Finkel.