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Archaeologists digging in Jordan have unearthed a Roman tomb decorated with colorful frescoes including ancient “comic writing bubbles” scribed in Aramaic using Greek letters. The remarkable collection of over 260 detailed drawings illustrate the diverse and rich cultural environments of Hellenistic border towns while under the rule of the Roman empire, according to a report in Haaretz. Having been buried for over 2,000 years, late in 2016 road workers digging “in front of a school in the Jordanian village of Beit Ras, just north of Irbid” (80km/50 miles north of Amman) discovered what is now believed to be “part of a necropolis in the ancient Greco-Roman settlement of Capitolias," reports the CNRS, France’s National Center for Scientific Research. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"52938","attributes":{"alt":"The tomb