The Emergence Machine
Ancient Tablets Unearthed
Archaeologists in Athens have uncovered ancient curse tablets dating to classical Greece, revealing a darker side of ancient religious practices, per Greek Reporter.
The tablets, found near the ancient Agora, contain invocations against enemies and rivals, demonstrating how Greeks used written spells to seek retribution, Ekathimerini reports.
The discovery adds to ongoing debates about the role of magic and superstition in ancient Greek society, with scholars noting these tablets provide rare insight into personal grievances of the time, according to the New York Times.
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E4 · E8 · E12 · E7 · E9E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E4, molecules; the pressure it names: religious practices. Its words also reach E8 minds, E12 states, E7 ecosystems and E9 cultures.
Here it is a dynamic between minds, states and ecosystems: archaeologists, magic and superstition and personal grievances (E8 minds), with classical Greece and ancient Greek society (E12 states), and ancient curse tablets (E7 ecosystems).
The floor of molecules.
The floor of minds and discovery. In this briefing: archaeologists, magic and superstition, personal grievances.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: classical Greece, ancient Greek society.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: ancient curse tablets.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: religious practices.