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“The Egyptians had a really complex view of the supernatural and the mythological. There are ghost stories – sadly many of them are very fragmentary, but there are a few that are better preserved. The ghost stories are interesting from our perspective because we’re used to horror movies or books about ghosts and zombies and vampires. But in ancient Egypt, when people meet a ghost, they’re meeting an old friend. They don’t get scared; they just chat. Normally people want to help the ghost out, because the ghost is haunting a place because its tomb is falling apart, for example.” Read more...
