Snakes alive! Two ancient curse tablets deciphered

Two 1,600 year-old curse tablets deciphered, one targeting a Roman senator and the other a veterinarian.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47722249/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/ancient-statue-depicting-prince-who-became-buddha-unearthed/

http://www.livescience.com/20483-black-magic-ancient-curses.html

A tale of two censors

Same author (Erasmus), same century, two books, one censored with glue and the other with artistic beauty.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47430304/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/th-century-big-thinker-erasmus-was-censored/

http://www.livescience.com/20310-censorship-16th-century-erasmus.html