Archaeologists decipher a Roman curse tablet with magical symbols found in ancient Coriovallum (opens in new tab)

A research team from the University of Heidelberg has managed to decipher the contents of a curse tablet from the Roman era found in the Dutch municipality of Heerlen, a discovery that provides new insights into the spread of syncretic magical practices in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD. The artifact, a lead […]