NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art Unleashes Ancient Roman Ghostly Holidays
To most New Yorkers, hauntings, ghosts and even exorcisms brings to mind thoughts of scary houses located somewhere in the suburbs. But if one were to ask an ancient Roman citizen the same question, visions of ghostly specters invading their homes accompanied by ritualistic exorcisms would be their first reaction. In fact, the ancient Romans even marked their calendars for two very important ghostly holidays whose importance was held in such reverence it shut down the entire empire!
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