Excavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded nearly two dozen lead tablets inscribed in Latin and Gaulish.

Pierre-Yves Lambert of the French National Center for Scientific Research suggests that this tablet was dedicated to Mars Rigisamu, Gaulish for “Mars the Royal,” the Roman god of war.

In 2022, researchers excavating the site of an 18th-century hospital in Orléans, France, uncovered a Roman necropolis containing more than 60 graves. Some of the burials included “curse tablets ...

Some of the burials included “curse tablets,” which were used to call for divine vengeance or request wishes from the gods. Now, scientists have deciphered the message inscribed on one of the tablets, ...

The text included inscriptions in both Latin cursive and Gaulish, a language spoken by Celtic people but now extinct. A connection to the God of War Pierre-Yves Lambert, a linguistics specialist with ...

suggested the tablet found in F2199 included Gaulish inscription, calling on the Roman god of war, Mars, to invoke a curse on a list of names for their injustice. Researchers are still working to ...

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