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Inscription may point to Zachariah
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JERUSALEM -- The discovery was a stroke of luck: The light of the
setting sun hit an ancient tomb at just the right angle and revealed
hints of a worn inscription, unnoticed for centuries, commemorating
the father of John the Baptist.
"This is the tomb of Zachariah, martyr, very pious priest, father
of John," the inscription of 47 Greek letters reads.
The inscription probably does not mean that the father of the
biblical figure is actually buried in the 60-foot-high funerary
monu...
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