OPEN STACKS | #25 Books of the (Un)Dead: Scott G. Bruce & Foy Scalf
October 29th, 2017
Happy Halloween! This week on Open Stacks, Penguin Book of the Undead editor and medieval history expert Scott G. Bruce shares stories of ghosts, zombies and restless souls. Egyptologist and curator Foy Scalf shares spells from The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt. Plus, a very spooky What's In the Box with the Co-op's own Jeff & Adam.
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