The Big Dig

Detail: of Meeting Chamber
Note: defacement by Christian Invaders "Dadeus Valt Shibboleth"
Detail from Agri Dagi Turkey with grafitti left in the eleventh century by Christians. The text left can be translated as God wants platitudes, an interesting irony given the passions of the Knights of St.John.

God's need -- shibboleth

Conundrum Icon as Specimen
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extrication

excruciation

exhumation