Innocent-Looking Jar From 2,300 Years Ago Holds 'Curse' Against 55 People in Athens

https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-find-2-300-year-old-magic-jar-holding-a-dismembered-chicken

A 2,300-year-old ceramic jar filled with the bones of a dismembered chicken was likely part of an ancient curse to paralyze and kill 55 people in ancient Athens, archaeologists say. The finding reveals new evidence for how people tried to use "magic" in the city.

They discovered the jar, along with a coin, beneath the floor of the Agora's Classical Commercial Building, which was used by ancient craftspeople.

"The pot contained the dismembered head and lower limbs of a young chicken," Jessica Lamont, a classics professor at Yale University, wrote in an article published in the journal Hesperia.

At the time, around 300 BC, the people who made the curse also gouged a large iron nail through the vessel.

Historical records show that several factions fought for control of Athens at the time. It was "a period plagued by war, siege and shifting political alliances," Lamont wrote.

The curse jar was excavated in 2006 and was recently analyzed and deciphered by Lamont. Excavation of the jar was overseen by Marcie Handler, who was a doctoral student in classics at the University of Cincinnati at the time.

*comms? 23 5:5, lawsuits, power shift, taking 15 years to decipher it

Archaeologists unearth war victims from 13,000 years ago in Sudan

https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/archaeologists-unearth-war-victims-from-13000-years-ago-in-sudan

"It appears that one of the main lethal properties sought was to slash and cause blood loss," Crevecoeur said.

Philosophers long have pondered the contradictions of human nature. Our species has forged magnificent intellectual, technological and artistic achievements and has engaged in ghastly warfare. Archeological evidence has shown interpersonal violence in the human evolutionary lineage even predating the appearance of Homo sapiens more than 300,000 years ago.

Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn said the US should have a coup like Myanmar, where the military overthrew the democratically elected government

https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-said-us-should-have-a-coup-like-myanmar-2021-5

Michael Flynn, who served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, told a crowd at a QAnon conference in Dallas, Texas, this weekend that the US should have a coup like the one in Myanmar.

On February 1, Myanmar's military overthrew its democratically elected government and arrested its leaders. The coup immediately sparked protests across the country, prompting the junta to launch a campaign against its own citizens.

Upwards of 800 Burmese people, including at least 40 children, have been killed, according to Myanmar's Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. More than 4,000 people have been arrested.

Flynn, who has become a prominent figure in the QAnon conspiracy theory, was a main attraction at the event, held at the Omni Hotel in Dallas.

US President Joe Biden reportedly considering Caroline Kennedy for ambassador to Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/joe-biden-caroline-kennedy-united-states-ambassador-australia/100177872

Netanyahu’s Days as Prime Minister Look Numbered as Rivals Unveil Partnership

The longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history could soon be out of office after a diverse group of opposition parties said they’re ready to form a unity government to oust Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 straight years in power. Far-right politician Naftali Bennett, who leads the small hardline Yamina party, said he would join forces with centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid to form a coalition government. “It’s my intention to do my utmost in order to form a national unity government along with my friend Yair Lapid, so that, God willing, together we can save the country from a tailspin and return Israel to its course,” Bennett said. The announcement came after many outside observers had said the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict would benefit Netanyahu’s ambitions to stay in power.

Bennett and Lapid have until Wednesday night to present their deal to Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and then it would have to be endorsed by the Israeli Parliament. For now it looks like Bennett would head up the government first until the fall of 2023 with Lapid serving as foreign minister. They would then swap roles until there is a new election in 2025.

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Forgot sauce: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/bennett-lapid-coalition-netanyahu-prime-minister.html

Hubble captures a luminous spiral galaxy looking all chill and relaxed

https://mashable.com/article/hubble-sprial-galaxy/

Swirling around in the Virgo constellation, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a look at the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, NASA shared on Friday.

Located roughly 150 million light-years away from Earth, the galaxy was first documented by astronomer and musical composer William Herschel in 1785. This new, incredibly detailed image of the galaxy is a composite of images taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.

#Comfy

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