The Turin fragment (of a jar) inscribed in hieratic with an excerpt of the “Ghost Story”, 18.5 cm x 16 cm x 0.8 cm at Museo Egizio, Italy. c. 1292–1076 BC. Photo courtesy: Museo Egizio

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   Ticia Verveer (ticiaverveer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 12:21:33 JST Ticia Verveer

   This ancient Egyptian ostracon (potsherd) preserves a fragment of an actual ghost story. The more than 3,000-year-old story of the High Priest of Amun Khonsemhab and his encounter with a troubled ghost can be found on a set of four ostraca, discovered around the necropolis of Deir el-Medina near Thebes, but today housed in museums in Paris, Vienna, Florence, and Turin.

   You can read more about this wonderful ghost story here:
   https://www.worldhistory.org/article/964/a-ghost-story-of-ancient-egypt/