Necromancers, demons and friendly ghosts: humans have been fascinated with the afterlife since ancient Mesopotamia

Some of popular culture’s most famous ghosts and demons have roots in ancient Mesopotamia. What did ancient humans believe about the supernatural? And what stories did they tell?

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