Online resources
This page provides a compilation of websites related to ancient magic, amulets and amuletic jewellery.
It reflects work in progress, feel free to send us tips on further links and online resources.
Antiken in den europäischen Bildquellen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Corpus des énoncés des noms barbares
Online database on the use of barbara onomata between the 6th century BC and the 6th century AD
Paris, École pratique des hautes étude
Recordings of lectures presented at the conference ‘Astronomy, astrology, and Graeco-Egyptian Cultural Interactions’ on 03–04 June 2024
University College London – University of Birmingham – The Palladion, Budapest
Curse Tablets in Roman Britain
An online catalogue of curse tablets in Roman Britain and a description of archaeological sites
Oxford, Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
Early Jewish and Christian Magical Traditions
Analysis of early Jewish and Christian magical texts and objects
Venice, Ca’ Foscari University
Vernacular religion in Late Roman and Early Islamic Egypt
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
MagEIA: Magic between Entanglement, Interaction, and Analogy
A Centre for the Study of Magical Text Traditions of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
The edition of mainly unpublished Greek magical texts from towns in the Levant in the late Roman Imperial and early Byzantine periods
Universität zu Köln
Cult epithets as an interface between religious systems and human agency
Maison de la Recherche de l’Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès
TheDefix: Thesaurus Defixionum
A database of curse inscriptions in the ancient Greek, Latin, Oscian, Phoenician-Punic, Celtic, Aramaic and Coptic languages
Universität Hamburg
An online metadata database of religious, ritual, magical and divinatory texts
KU Leuven
ZODIAC: Ancient Astral Science in Transformation
Research project to develop a new account of the emergence, spread and cross-cultural transformations of zodiacal astral science
Berlin, Freie Universität