CATACOMBS AT SALAMIS.
CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST. A CURSE ON RAIDERS. (Received ll a.m.i LOXDOX. May 3. Tlip "Daily Mail" correspondent at Cyprus reports t lint n catacomb lias boon unearthed nt Salamis presumed to belong to the !>(>-fm B.C. period. The collins have boon opened in tlie past and valuables stolon. The catacomb consists of of four chambers, containing sixty ceramic coffine, also a beautifully carved marble sarcoplmnits and many earthenware jars and broken jjlass receptacles, presumably tenr containers. A marble tablet, broken into pieces. Jiore (Jreek characters invoking a curse upon anyone breaking into tlie catacomb and stealing from the eoflins. — United Service.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 5
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