In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination.
Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language..
People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls.
In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination