When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

They’re among the greatest magic spells we have in the real world ... Archaeologist Steven Mithen spent four years hunting for answers, and the result is his 2024 book, The Language Puzzle: Piecing ...

Magic was used in everyday life in Ancient Egypt ... Listening to @BBC In Our Time on the Egyptian Book of the Dead. It's very much a D&D episode. Spells! Rituals! Travel to the underworld!