As the researchers write, Roman girls wore lunula amulets until marriage to protect themselves from evil. In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves , which Roman priestesses and ...

Excavations at the site revealed the amulet in a Roman grave dated to between A.D. 230–270, tucked under the lower jaw of a man's skeleton. Known as a phylactery, ...

Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text ... That could be enough to rewrite the known history of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The amulet—and the inscription ...

An 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered buried in a Frankfurt, Germany, grave, still next to the chin of the man who wore it, has 18 lines of text written in Latin on just 1.37 inches of silver ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.

A small, silver amulet found by a skeleton in a nearly 2000-year-old grave in Frankfurt, Germany may offer new insights into the early spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

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This is a Jewish amulet, also found in a remote corner of the Roman Empire, and also dating to the third century, so I think this is quite an analogous find,” Bohak said.

A 1,600 year old amulet depicting the demon-fighting King Solomon has been found by archaeologists in Turkey, referencing a book banned from the Bible for including themes of dark magic.

As the researchers write, Roman girls wore lunula amulets until marriage to protect themselves from evil. In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves , which Roman priestesses and ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.