Archaeology and Epigraphy

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....story through the excavation of sites and analysis of physical remains." Webster American Dictionary : "Epigraphy is the study and interpretation of ancient inscription; epigraphs collectively. It is an inscription on a building, statue or coin; a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme." In Advanced Law Lexicon, 3rd Edn., The term '....

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....tinguished, stating : "Strictly speaking, archaeology is not concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the bones of ancient man himself  whether fossilized or not. The study of the skulls and skeletons of ancient man is the concern of the physical anthropologist or human paleontologist. Neither is the archaeologist normally prepared to decipher or interpret the writings of ancient m....