ANZACS' VALUABLE FIND.
MOSAIC OS' EARLY CHURCHES.
LONDON, July 22." A fine mosaic of the early sixthCPTitury Christian churches )i':i.s boon discovered by -Anzacs in Palestine. It was found to the noi-th-westward of Beorsheba, uuder works recently occupied by the Turks. The "mosuiH: bears a Grneco-Sryinc inscription rcferrini; in superlative languago to a fit. George, whoso bones would bo found beneath.
Th<; mosaic is somewhat injured by ihe Turks' troticb-digging operations but it is nevortholcKs a. fine spocinifn! It has been removed under the supervision r>f Chaplain Miiitland Woods, nnd for the present is stored at the Australian tit-pot, at Cairo, pending a decision as to its ultimate disposal!
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 184, 6 August 1917, Page 2
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109ANZACS' VALUABLE FIND. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 184, 6 August 1917, Page 2
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