A glass bottle filled with rusted nails may not sound like much of an archaeological find. But this Civil War artifact could represent a type of talisman that was popular for warding off evil spirits: ...

To history experts, the scenario goes something like this: A Union officer stationed on enemy Southern soil drops a handful of iron nails into a bottle, adds some personal effects — clippings of his ...

While renovating a building in Cleethorpes, a seaside town on the east coast of England, workers found an old bottle crammed inside of a wall. The glass vessel — dirty, but intact — was sealed with a ...

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Witch bottles are being found on Texas beaches by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, but not necessarily opened. Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies photo ...