3,500-Year-Old Babylonian Tablet May Contain Earliest Known Depiction of a Ghost | Smart News
A curator at the British Museum details the spooky find in a new book
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A curator at the British Museum details the spooky find in a new book
The oldest ever drawing of a ghost has been discovered on a Babylonian clay tablet. As a matter of fact, the 3,500-year-old depiction of a “miserable male ghost” was found in the vault of the British Museum. While the lines are very faint, it shows a bearded male spirit with his arms stretched forward and... Read more »
Its outlines are faint, only discernible at an angle, but the world's oldest drawing of a ghost has been discovered in the darkened vaults of the British Museum. A lonely bearded spirit being led into the afterlife and eternal bliss by a lover...
A 3,500-year-old image tablet of a ‘miserable male ghost’ gives up its secret