Necromancy in history

Dealing with the dead for fun and profit

Although under different names, necromancy has been present throughout human history, and according to archaeological findings, also in prehistory.

Necromancy is a word of Greek origin, Necromancy (νεκρομαντεία) meaning divination by the dead.

In ancient times, the connection with death was much more real than it is today. We must remember that the averag…