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This last, it is said, may be a deleted chapter from the novel but is notable for many chills of its own, such as that evoked by the alarming tombstone inscription: “The dead travel fast.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She has been recognised with a plaque at the National History Museum, in Tring, Hertfordshire, which notes in its inscription that the palaeontologist was the "Officer-in-Charge of this museum from 1948".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the proceedings, said the inscription would go directly below the main signage.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“At the bottom of the painting is an inscription: ‘But she was kind…’ When I am no longer about, I hope someone will be able to say that about me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The inscription reads, “In confidence we lay our cause before the whole world. Whether we win or whether we die, freedom will rise in Africa like the sun from the morning clouds.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"The available inscriptions allow us to understand it up to a certain point, but we lack vocabulary and texts," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Once-common literary references to Shakespeare or Dickens have now become as obscure in the common culture as so many Mayan inscriptions.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

Paintings of the course hang on the walls, as do photographs of famous people with heartfelt inscriptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Absent any contextual identity, the names and dates Mayan inscriptions reveal are simply that: names and dates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Incredibly, some of the last inscriptions are gibberish, as if scribes had lost the knowledge of writing and were reduced to meaningless imitation of their ancestors.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann