The word “necromancy” is the supposed practice of communicating with the dead, especially in order to predict the future. It ...

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their ...

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Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

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LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ...