Bishops preached against the charms, but they became a tangible piece of faith.

“Inside a copper box, we found an extremely thin gold sheet, only 0.1 millimeters thick, most likely carrying a passage from the Bible,” said Michele Ruzgar Massa of Bilkent University.

For centuries, the Romans turned to amulets to protect themselves or their surroundings. Research by Ph.D. candidate Patricia Kret shows that this tradition continued into the early days of ...

The amulet you are holding is, without a doubt, a 'cursed tool.' If you handle it incorrectly, it can be a terrible thing.

Throughout antiquity, from the Mediterranean to Egypt and today’s Middle East, people believed that misfortune, including accidents, diseases, and sometimes even death, were caused by external forces.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up shows the exterior of the copper amulet container uncovered at Turkmen Karahoyuk in ...