Bettany Hughes and Irving Finkel Discuss 'The First Ghosts'

Bettany Hughes and Irving Finkel Discuss 'The First Ghosts'
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The British Museum does indeed have the Largest "Known" Collection of Cuneiform Tablets. And they Somehow managed to LOSE more in transit than they actually have. How convenient. There have long been Complains by Researchers that they are Hoarding the Tablets and Biden the Most Controversial Subjects. The British Museum is after all controlled by the same Masters that control the Smithsonian, (The Smithsonian has Admitted they Dumped the Skeletons of Giants in the Sea)
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111,762 views Oct 28, 2021
British Museum Events
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Historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes joins Assyriologist Irving Finkel to discuss the concept of ghosts in the ancient world. To mark Halloween and the publication of Finkel's latest book, The First Ghosts, they consider what was understood by ghosts, the spirits of the dead, especially in ancient Assyria and its region. They explore how a belief in ghosts emerges as a key feature of humanity from its beginning, evident through the earliest writing and archaeology.
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The First Ghosts
1:40
Definition of a Ghost
4:11
How Did Ghosts Begin
6:11
The Ghosts of Mesopotamia
11:41
The Primary Ghost Phase
24:29
Chapter 13
40:40
Are There Ghost Jokes
41:10
The Descent of Inanna
57:19
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