Cookie-jar prices went through the roof after artist Andy Warhol's collection was sold by Sotheby's in 1988. For a time after that, there was a cookie-jar craze that amounted to a mania.

An iron nail was pierced through the jar. Athenian Agora Excavations Per Daily Sabah , the nail and chicken remains worked in tandem with the writing to enact the curse.

Pour in 1/2 cup chicken broth, cover, and cook until the potatoes are just tender, 7 to 10 minutes. In a medium pot, combine the rice and 3 cups water and a pinch of salt.

A 2,300-year-old ceramic jar filled with the bones of a dismembered chicken was likely part of an ancient curse to paralyze and kill 55 people in ancient Athens, archaeologists say.

Cookie jars don’t have to be old to have substantial value. A jar’s value is determined by design, rarity and condition more than age. Covered jars made especially to hold cookies were … ...

It had also been driven through by a large iron nail (right) ... Jar of CHICKEN bones was likely a curse on 55 people in Athens 2,300 years ago. e-mail; 127. shares. Most watched News videos.