"UNKNOWN SOLDIERS"
WORLD'S EARLIEST MEMORIAL I ■ j ANCIENT MOSAIC IN JERUSALEM The custom in many countries of rendering national honours to an Unknown Soldier, after the example of France in the previous: World War, is, by no means one of recent origin, states the Zealandia. Discovered in Jerusalem in 1894, there' is here an ancient, mosaic, dating back to the sixth century, which bears the inscription: "To ; the memory of the Armenian warrior whose name is known only to ithe Lord." This mosaic, which has been described as ''one of breath-taking beauty," measures 14 by 21 feet, mid once formed the pavement of a chapel* long since vanished. Its, design is an elaborate one showing with remarkable fidelity many varieties ot' Palestine, birds surrounding a spread eagle. Many share with archeologists the belief that this half-forgotten monument do a nameless hero, who fought with the Emperor Heraclius against the Persians for the recovery of the True Cross, is the world's earliest memorial to an Unknown Soldier.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 47, 12 February 1943, Page 5
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166"UNKNOWN SOLDIERS" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 47, 12 February 1943, Page 5
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