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WWI graffiti found in southern France cave
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Gusky points at some graffiti in the Cite Souterraine, or Underground City.
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Jeffrey Gusky, left, escorts a visitor through the Cite Souterraine.
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Gusky points out an engraving to a visitor. He began photographing the site last December.
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In medieval times, villagers hid from marauders in this cave.
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Gusky examines an etching left by a WWI soldier.
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A sign engraved with names directed military occupants to various locations in the Cite Souterraine cave.
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Nearly 2,000 century-old inscriptions have recently come to light in Naours.
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A historian says the graffiti "provides insight into how (soldiers) found a sense of meaning in the conflict."
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The site's proximity to the Somme battlefields, where more than a million men were killed or wounded, adds to the discovery's importance.
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