+5305 – 1800 year-old grave marker that warns “Jacob the convert swears upon himself that any who open this grave will be cursed.” in red paint, recently discovered in Galilee, Israel. Dating to Roman or Byzantine times. (1154×675)
2022-06-23 13:10:14
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That is some amazingly durable pigment! I wonder what it was painted with?
Archaeologists: βWeβre gonna fuckin do it!β
Classic Jacob!
What are we waiting for? Get the hammers and crowbars, we have a grave to open!
I really need to come up with a good curse to put with my body when Iβm dead to freak future people out
Let’s crack it open! An 1800 year old curse is nothing compared to the last 3 years.
Whereβs Rick OβConnell when you need him?
If you look at the first line you can see the guy’s name in Greek pretty clearly, ἸάκΟΞ²ΞΏΟ (Iakobos)
I guess anyone could make this declaration about any grave. Was Jacob an obnoxious teen who snuck into a random cemetery?
I swear to me, if you do that again….
Leave it the hell alone. Things are bad enough already.
βSo, weβre definitely a βNoβ on βRest in Peace, Jacob,β I guessβ
I hope that’s somewhere out of the way because it would be expensive to move the whole grave without opening it
Whatβs the worst that can happen?
Makes you wonder what he believed in that went with swearing on oneself and believing in curses. Asking for a friendβ¦
Didnβt have ancient mummy prophetic curse on my bingo card. Still pretty cool though.
The worlds going to be dead in a few decades. Why not?
Do you guys think it has been opened? Does stuff like this give yβall goosebumps sometimes?
If someone buys me plane ticket, Iβll send open the tomb and we can find out if his curse game is on point.
Can any Greek-reading scholars comment on the language used? Does the original text come across as articulate as it does in English translation, or is it more like DON’T DEAD OPEN INSIDE?
And was literacy widespread enough at that time to make Jacob anonymous? Like, would everyone know who Literate Convert Jacob was, or were there several people with a similar profile who could have written something like this?
Where’s Geraldo Hivera when we really need him?
Iβm convinced that these are the lost pages of the Necrinomicron
Jacob, the twiggy alien man!
I wonder whatβs inside
Fucking Jacob is full of bullshit. If I told what he told me in the Roman baths when I found him with Kletus.
Ayyy so if I put my penis on it I wonβt be cursed?
If it’s actually 1800 years old is 100% not Byzantine.
*This specific redditor guffawed and was definitely cursed by this inscription.*
Thanks for sharing, fellow redditor!
I’ll volunteer to move it.
I already broke some mirrors, had some black cats cross my path and walked under some ladders so I don’t really have anything to lose.
OPEN IT! OPEN IT! OPEN IT! OPEN IT! OPEN IT! ππ
whats a convert?
How can it be 1800 years but it’s dating from Roman OR Byzantine times?
Can we please open it and prove that all the fantasy stuff is unreal
This must be the very first r/Karen
I have a feeling that you shouldnβt open that grave
Better not open it then
I wonder what it says next to it?
I’m all up for being cursed. Get me out there and I’ll take one for history.
YOU WONT! /s
Why do you have to tempt me with a curse?
You mean a cool curse like becoming a vampire or werewolf, or a regular old curse like athlete’s foot for life?