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Excerpt from A Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, on the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and Countries The origin of epitaphs, the precise period when first introduced, and by what nation they were first used, are subjects involved in obscurity. They are supposed to be of the same age with the art of writing. The practise of erecting memorials to the dead, is almost coeval with the existence of the human race. The Pyramids, about which so many different statements have been made, are generally supposed to be the Oldest sepulchral monuments, even older than Abraham, erected to transmit to future ages the memory of the princes who built 'them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.