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This magical curse written in Greek on a small lead tablet was meant to punish enemies nearly 2,000 years ago

Researchers deciphered an ancient “curse tablet” from the Roman province of Lower Germania, in what’s now the Netherlands.
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Scholars expound on Mount Ebal curse tablet with oldest Hebrew text

(JNS) A lead tablet found at a site where millions of Jews and Christians believe the Israelite leader Joshua built an altar contains the oldest Hebrew text ever found in the Land of Israel as well as ...