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Ancient curses are most popularly associated with Egyptian mummies, their tombs, and their grave goods. In reality, however, people may associate ancient curses with just about anything, including mundane objects such as projectiles, known as ballista stones, that had been fired from ancient Roman artillery pieces. Indeed, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a rather bizarre piece of news has been reported in Israel in which a ballista ball was returned to the authorities 15 years after it was stolen. Why was this particular ballista stone considered to be cursed? [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"79508","attributes":{"alt":"Ballista stones at an ancient site in Jerusalem. (brionv from San Francisco, United States / CC BY-SA 2.0)","class":"media-image","height":"458","style":"width: 610px; height: 458px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Ballista stones at an ancient site