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Rice Grad Student Deciphers 1,800-year-old Letter from Egyptian Soldier
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Tue, 2014-03-25 00:00
“A newly deciphered 1,800-year-old letter from an Egyptian solider serving in a Roman legion in Europe to his family back home shows striking similarities to what some soldiers may be feeling here and now.” The costs of war are timeless.
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