Reading ancient marking could be quite a challenge 
sometimes.  Unless you have a knack for it, of course.

This one is special for my subscribers in Israel.  Have 
you seen any good cave markings lately?  {g}

LadyHawke
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 Excavating In Israel

A team of archaeologists was excavating in Israel when 
they came upon a cave.  Written on the wall of the cave 
were the following symbols in order of appearance.
      
 1.  A dog
 2.  A donkey
 3.  A shovel
 4.  A fish
 5.  A Star of David
      
They decided that this was a unique find and the writings 
were at least more than three thousand years old.  They 
chopped out the piece of stone and had it brought to the 
museum where archaeologists from all  over the world came 
to study the ancient symbols.
      
They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to 
discuss what they could agree was the meaning of the 
markings.  The President of their Society stood up, pointed 
at the first drawing and said, 

"This looks like a dog.  We can judge that this was a highly 
intelligent race as they knew how to have animals for 
companionship. To prove this statement you, can see that 
the next symbol resembles a donkey, so, they were even 
smart enough to have animals help them till the soil.  The 
next drawing looks like a shovel of some sort, which means 
they even had tools to help them.  Even further proof of their 
high intelligence is the fish, which means that they had a 
famine that hit the earth whereby the food didn't grow, they 
would take to the sea for food.  The last symbol appears to be 
the Star of David which means they were evidently Hebrews."

The audience applauded enthusiastically, the President smiled 
and said, "I'm glad to see that you are all in full agreement with 
our interpretations."
      
Suddenly a little old Jewish man stood up in the back of the 
room and said, "I object to every word. The explanation of 
what the writings say is quite simple. First of all, everyone knows 
that Hebrews don't read from  left to  right, but from right to left...  
Now, look again..... It  now says:

"HOLY MACKEREL, DIG THE ASS ON THAT BITCH!"