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A handout picture released by the Israel Antiquities Authority shows a fragment of a sarcophagus cover with square Hebrew script. Israeli archaeologists have announced the discovery of a stone sarcophagus fragment with Hebrew script that was apparently taken from the original burial grounds and used for a Muslim building near Jerusalem. (AFP)
Sarcophagus fragment found near Jerusalem

1 posted on 10/10/2008 6:50:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 10/10/2008 6:51:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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"Ben HaCohen HaGadol" which can be loosely translated as "the high priest."

Wouldn't that be "son of the high priest"?

3 posted on 10/10/2008 7:15:22 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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