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Archaeologists Unscramble Ancient Graffiti In Israel

Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR)
June 19, 2011

Listening To The Dead

It’s in the Cave of Coffins that Stern points to two inscriptions in ancient Greek. They are tiny and clustered near niches once holding oil lamps.

One says, “Take courage, Holy Parents of Pharcitae, udes adonitas – no one is immortal.” Stern explains that the dead who are being brought into the catacombs shouldn’t feel that they are weak just because they’ve passed on.

She reads aloud the other inscription: “Good luck on your resurrection.”

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