The Archaeology Thread

[The Valkyrie]

A curator at the British Museum discovers the oldest known drawing of a ghost from a 3500-year-old Babylonian tablet. The Guardian reports, “It is part of an exorcist’s guide to getting rid of unwanted ghosts by addressing the particular malaise that brought them back to the world of the living – in this case, a ghost in desperate need of a companion.”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...seum-vault

But how could they perform an exorcism thousands of years before Jesus was born? Don't they need to say "power of christ compels you" for the ghost to be exorcised?

The power of Marduk compels you!