7th-grader finds late-antique tombstone in Caesarea

FUNERARY EPITAPH: 1,500-year-old Greek inscription uncovered by 13-year-old in Caesarea. "I immediately recognized that it was something ancient," the seventh-grader from Caesarea said (Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post).

The white slab protruding from the ground uncovered by the boy turned out to be part of a burial inscription, Peter Gendelman, an IAA researcher in Caesarea, said in the press release. The inscription indicates the name of the deceased and the location of the grave within the cemetery, he said.

“The grave of.... and of Anastasius, or Anastasia…,” the inscription read, the IAA said.

The IAA has given the discoverer, Stav Meir, some well-deserved recognition for his sharp eye and good citizenship.

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