What we understand about him continues to grow.

The Final Reflection

Return to the grave one last time.

The stone slab that covered it was flat — chosen, presumably, for its flatness and its size.

Someone looked at the landscape near the burial site, found a suitable stone, and brought it to the grave.

This involved physical labor, but more than that, it involved decision-making: this stone, not that one.

This size, this shape, this weight.