Necromancy was widely practiced by the greeks and romans using what is known as the “pit and flame”. It consists of a large, hand dug pit and a strong fire.
The pit was used for sacrifice, slaughtering animals at it’s lip and bleeding them over the pit, followed by dumping the body in or holocaust at the flame. Alternatively, It also held smaller offerings like fruit and wine. The pit was meant to help send offerings to the underworld (which was thought to be underground) to lure spirits up to the pit to feast on the offerings. The flame was used to preform holocaust, boil teas, burn herbs and incense as well as providing a place to aim invocations at. Typical sacrifices were black ewe, black pups and cattle.
