March 12, 2008

Oldest Jewish find in Austria discovered

According to a report in today's "Der Standard" Austrian researchers have found the grave of a child in a Roman cemetary in Burgenland [the easternmost part of Austria] dating back to the third century. In the child's grave was a golden amulet with an inscription in Greek of the "Shema Yisroel".

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