Archaeologists were very glad to discover, while unearthing an ancient religious site in Israel, the names of two Australians, WWII soldiers, etched into the stone.
Apparently, they were passing through the area outside Jerusalem before going on to fight in Egypt, when they carved their names into the stonework of a 2,000-year-old mikveh (ritual bathing pool), probably unaware of the fact they were defacing anything of significance.
Yoav Tsur, the leading archaeologist on the excavation, talks about his team’s stroke of good luck.
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