In Athens, Greece, an ancient “magic” jar was found that contained chicken bones and was believed to be used as part of an old curse. The 2,300-year-old ceramic jar with the remains of a dismembered chicken was discovered underneath the floor of the Agora’s Classical Commercial Building (in ancient times, this building was used by craftspeople). In addition to the “magic” jar, a coin was found.
According to archaeologists, the chicken remains were believed to have been used in an ancient curse that was conducted in order to kill or paralyze 55 people in Athens. The reason why experts know the exact number of those that were cursed was because the outer part of the jar once had the names of the 55 individuals. All that remains of the text is a few letters here and there. Experts were able to figure out that the words “we bind” were written in Greek on the jar. Even though the jar was found in 2006, it was only analyzed and the text deciphered recently.