"The doorway leading to the inner tomb was built up into stone blocks. Fragments of that coating of broken brick and pounded pottery, which is still used in Palestine under the name _hamra_, which lay at the foot of the sealed entrance, showed that it had at one time been plastered over, and was in the nature of a secret room. "In the depression in the floor of the outer room was found a minute fragment of a glass receptacle containing a small quantity of blackish powder. This has been analysed by M. Constant Allard, the French chemist. The glass vessel he found to be an ordinary silicate which had become devitrified and coloured by oxide of iron. The contents were finely divided lead and traces of antimony, showing it to be one of the cosmetics prepared for purposes of sepulture. "When the interior of the second tomb had been reached, a single _loculus_ or stone slab for the reception of a body was found. "Over the _loculus_ the following Greek inscription in uncial characters was found in a state of good preservation, with the exception of two letters: "[_See drawing of inscription on this page, made from photographs in our possession. We print the inscription below in cursive Greek text, afterwards dividing it into its component words and giving its translation.--Editor, Daily Wire._] FACSIMILE IN MODERN GREEK SCRIPT Εγωιωσηφοαποαριμαθειαςλαβω ντοσωματουιησουτουαπονα** ρεταποτουμνημειουοπουτοπρωτ ονεκειτοεντωτοπωτουτωενεκρυψα **=lacunæ of two letters. FINAL READING OF THE INSCRIPTION Εγω Ιωσηφ ὁ ἀπο Αριμαθειας λαβων το σωμα του Ιησου του ἀπο Να[ζα]ρετ ἀπο του μνημειου ὁπου το πρωτον ἐκειτο ἐν τω τοπω τουτω ἐνεκρυψα [] = letters supplied. "TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OF THE INSCRIPTION "I, JOSEPH OF ARIMATHÆA, TOOK THE BODY OF JESUS, THE NAZARENE, FROM THE TOMB WHERE IT WAS FIRST LAID AND HID IT IN THIS PLACE. "The slight mould on the stone slab, which may or may not be that of a decomposed body, has been reverently gathered into a sealed vessel by Mr. Hands, who is waiting instructions. "Dr. Schmöulder, the famous _savant_ from Berlin, has arrived at Jerusalem, and is in communication with the German Emperor regarding the discovery. "At present it would be presumptuous and idle to comment upon these stupendous facts. It seems our duty, however, to quote a final passage from Mr. Hands's communication, and to state that we have a cablegram in our possession from Dr. Schmöulder, which states that he is in entire agreement with Mr. Hands's conclusions.