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Show A Catacomb at nerteh. A few days ago an interesting catacomb cata-comb was discovered at Kertch, in the neighborhood of the Tahtar quarter The catacomb in question lies about fifteen fif-teen feet under the surface and is divided divid-ed into three compartments. It is decorated deco-rated with frescoes representing Hermes surrounded by wiaged genii and also with scenes taken from domestic life The most interesting discovery of all was an inscription, part of which forcibly forc-ibly reminds the reader of the one over Snakespeare's ashes. It rnns, "SokJc who never threw Rway the bone of the' poor, has raised for himself this sanctn-ary, sanctn-ary, and adjures all people that his bones were not robbed and defiled." This adjuration to posterity has been without effect, for the catacomb was al-ready al-ready found to have been plundered. Exchange. |