The world’s oldest drawing of a ghost has been discovered on an ancient Babylonian tablet—and, just as in other timeless ghost stories like that 1995 Casper movie, it’s about a spirit whose sadness is ...
The oldest known drawing of a ghost was recently discovered after being looked over for years. The drawing was unearthed in one of the British Museum’s vaults, and features the spirit of a Babylonian ...
A lonely spirit being led to eternal bliss by a lover on a Babylonian clay tablet. White line tracing © James Fraser and Chris Cobb for The First Ghosts, by Irving ...