It’s the Halloween season, a time when we celebrate the macabre with decorations. And apparently humans have been doing so for way longer than we realized. A leading expert on Ancient Babylonian ...

"Do not look behind you." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A museum curator has discovered the oldest-known ghost drawing on a ...

The tablet depicts a male ghost being led back to the afterlife, curator Irving Finkel says. Photo: British Museum / Line drawing: James Fraser and Chris Cobb for The First Ghosts A tablet made in ...

The tablet shows the love-lorn ghost bound and being led into the afterworld by his lover. The British Museum This could be the world’s oldest ghost story. A 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet at the ...