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WHO STUDIES THE PAST?

Updated: Jan 8, 2019

Our World History is basically studied by 3 kinds of scientist/academics

I got a real taste for 'Ancient' History directing Archaelogist Dr Darius Arya in a series of short documentaries we made when I lived in Rome in 2O14.







An ARCHAEOLOGIST (Greek arkhaios - ancient, logos - study) studies human activity through the recovery and analysis of materials, buildings and artifacts. The discipline involves exploration, surveying and excavating.




An ANTHROPOLOGIST ( Greek anthropos - human, logos - study) studies human behaviour, language and cultural development. The discipline often involves field studies with indigenous cultures.





A HISTORIAN (Greek historia - inquiry) study the art and image records of our past. The discipline involves cross sourcing written accounts of events.





The Greek HERODOTUS 484 - 425 BC was probably the first historian with his book

THE HISTORIES an account of the Persian / Greek Wars.

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