Roman Curses Appear on Ancient Tablet

[Discovery]  An ancient Roman lead scroll unearthed in England three years ago has turned out to be a curse intended to cause misfortune to more than a dozen people, according to new research. Found in East Farleigh, U.K., in the filling of a 3rd to 4th Century AD building that may have originally been a temple, the scroll was made of a 2.3- by 3.9-inch inscribed lead tablet. Popular in the Greek and Roman world, these sorts of "black magic" curses called upon gods to torment specific victims.