as in inscription
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Archaeologists also found various inscriptions, which Al-Rawahneh said were linked to ancient funerary practices.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025 -
The researchers also found ancient graffiti among the fragments, including an inscription of nearly the entire Greek alphabet.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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See treasures Human remains that had been burned were also found inside the tomb, along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror, a jade hairpin, a wooden comb and an epitaph, or tombstone.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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