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• n  the study of ancient inscriptions

• Its most egregious epigraphy comes before the climactic scene.
• Three years later, Professor Margherita Guarducci, who teaches Greek epigraphy and antiquities at the University of Rome, began studying the inscriptions on a red plaster wall .
• Says Arlen Chase: "You get this real warped view of what Maya politics and Classic society look like if you just use epigraphy.