Listen "What Did Ghosts Look Like To People 3,500 Years Ago?"
Episode Synopsis
The new book "The First Ghosts" looks at how humans have been describing and depicting ghosts for thousands of years, including a Babylonian tablet showing a lonely, bearded ghost dude from 1500 B.C.E. Plus: today in 2013, a merchant naval officer said a great way to deter pirates off the Somali coast was to blast Britney Spears tunes.
Boo Who? The World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing May Have Been Found on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet at the British Museum (Artnet)
Britney Spears songs used to scare off pirates in Somalia (Metro UK)
People will be talking about our Patreon backers for thousands of years too
Boo Who? The World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing May Have Been Found on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet at the British Museum (Artnet)
Britney Spears songs used to scare off pirates in Somalia (Metro UK)
People will be talking about our Patreon backers for thousands of years too
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