Inscriptions in the Egyptian Tomb beneath St. Paul's Basilica in Phillipi

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Inscribed on a wall within the tomb:

 As the gods of the Egyptians are nothing but the gods of the Greeks in 
 disguise, for these are the likenesses the gods took when they hid in Egypt 
 from the terror of [the rest of the inscription has been unhelpfully defaced]

Inscribed in a separate chamber:

 To Nectanebos, last true Pharaoh of Egypt, now counselor to the King and 
 Queen of Macedon, this temple is dedicated.
 
 For centuries uncountable, Egypt alone of the lands of the earth has 
 remained unconquered, for such was the power of the true pharaohs that they 
 needed only form from wax images of the invading navies and sprinkle them 
 with water to call up tempests to destroy the invaders. But it transpired 
 that one day, hearing word of a great navy sailing against him, Nectanebos 
 looked into his scrying basin, upon which he would float ships of wax, and 
 saw in its reflection the images of the great hostile navy, and its every 
 ship was being towed in the water and urged on by the gods of Egypt.  And 
 Nectanebos knew then that his day had ended, and he shaved his beard and 
 fled in disguise. It is thus that he came to Macedon.
 
 So it is that for once in history Egypt lies open and undefended, with no 
 pharaoh to protect it. Perhaps the young Prince Alexander, born at the same 
 time as the conquest of this city, will be the one to conquer this land.