Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

Service d'archéologie, 2024 While excavating a historic hospital in France, a team of archaeologists uncovered dozens of Roman-era graves, some with ancient “curse tablets,” in what appears ...

It is one of 130 surviving messages to the gods scratched on sheets of lead and thrown into the King's Spring in Roman times. Then a sacred spring, it was the focal point for worship of the ...

This became so common that curse tablets were made to spook the opposing teams. But not everyone was such a fan. Like the gladiators, chariot races were popular sports for the Roman masses ...