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How Every Society Has Talked To The Dead

Weird History | February 16, 2025



One thing most ancient civilizations share is a fascination with the afterlife. The art of necromancy, communicating beyond the grave through messages to ghosts or the reanimation of deceased flesh, has long been regarded as a deviant way to find answers in the realm of the underworld. Although it has been practiced in some way in nearly every ancient civilization, necromancy began primarily in ancient Persia, Greece, Rome, and Medieval Europe.

To read more about necromancy, go here:
https://www.ranker.com/list/necromancy-facts/jen-jeffers

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