The MESOPOTAMIAN Demons, Ghosts And Spirits
British Museum Collection
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5m 37s
Irving Finkel talks Mesopotamian demons, ghosts and sprites and how to deal with them.
In ancient Mesopotamia, Irving Finkel tells us, everyone believed in ghosts but what did the people do if they encountered one? Watch the video to find out.
When a person died, they had to be laid in the ground with proper ritual. If not, they might come back to visit the living. There was specialist magic with the purpose of appeasing wandering souls and an exorcist might be called to deal with trouble. Irving tells us of malevolent spooks, why the rich had the biggest ghost problem and the story of a departed old woman in need of a young lover...
Cast: Irving Finkel (Curator)
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