Curses in Greek mythology were never just punishments. They were mirrors of human weakness and divine justice, showing how pride, desire, or curiosity could affect a person’s downfall. The Greeks ...

A Greek engraving on a 1,500-year-old lead tablet discovered in the ruins of an ancient theater in Israel has finally been deciphered, revealing a curse that may rival the modern-day backstabbing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archeologists have discovered 30 tablets at the bottom of an ancient ...

Many cultures, ancient and modern, have imagined magic as a supernatural art performed by specialists who undergo mysterious training. But for the ancient Greeks, magic consisted of a number of common ...

Jessica Lamont, a professor of Classics at Yale University, wrote an article published in the American School of Classical Studies in Athens’ journal Hesperia 90 (2021), The Curious Case of the Cursed ...

The Greek Reporter wrote about the 2006 discovery of an ancient Greek jar used to cast curses on people that was discovered by a University of Cincinnati graduate student during an excavation in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heerlen curse tablet with an ancient Greek invocation of deities and demons in the Egyptian style, July 10, 2026. (photo credit: ...

You know the feeling, hearing about a talk or lecture which you know you cannot miss. There it was, an email invitation which said, “Join us for a presentation by Jessica Lamont, Yale University, on ...

Left: Illustration of the myth of Pandora’s Jar, public domain. Right: Athenian cylindrical altar (Illustrative purposes only), Rowanwindwhistler, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...