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🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 191 minutes
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0:00.0 | Astonishing Legends is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, |
0:09.0 | or treatment. |
0:10.0 | Always seek the advice of your physician or the qualified health provider with any questions |
0:13.2 | you may have regarding a medical condition. |
0:15.0 | Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something |
0:18.2 | you have heard on this podcast. |
0:22.9 | A few weeks ago, just before Halloween, an article in the Guardian by Dahlia Alberg was |
0:28.2 | making the rounds online. |
0:30.6 | It was connected to a new book called The First Ghosts, written by Irving Fingle. |
0:35.7 | The article featured a picture from a Babylonian clay tablet in the book, considered one of |
0:40.1 | the first images of a ghost. |
0:42.8 | It states that the picture depicts a lonely bearded spirit being led into the afterlife |
0:47.9 | and eternal bliss by a lover. |
0:50.8 | Researchers say it's around 3500 years old. |
0:56.4 | When you hear Ronnie Hunkler's story, you can't help but wonder if you believe any of this |
1:00.9 | at all about how old any given ghost might be, especially a spirit that maybe was never |
1:08.2 | human. |
1:09.2 | It's hard to know what types of entities might be at play in legends like these, but what |
1:14.1 | if they're older than we ever imagined? |
1:17.4 | Thousands, or maybe tens of thousands of years old, or more? |
1:22.4 | What if they predate humanity entirely? |
1:26.1 | Of course, there are those among you who will say there are no ghosts, and there's no such |
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