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Tombstones provide the largest single category of epigraphical evidence from the ancient world. However, epigraphy - the study of inscriptions - remains, for many students of history and archaeology, an abstruse subject. By marrying epigraphy and death, the contributors to this collection hope to encourage a wider audience to consider the importance of inscribed tombstones.

Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Tombs --- Social aspects --- History. --- Greece --- Rome --- Rome (Italy) --- Social life and customs. --- Antiquities. --- Sepulchral monuments --- Inscriptions, Ancient --- Mortality --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Monuments funéraires --- Inscriptions antiques --- Mortalité --- Funérailles --- Aspect social --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire --- Funerals --- Mortuary ceremonies --- Obsequies --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- Burial --- Cremation --- Dead --- Mourning customs --- Dying --- End of life --- Life --- Terminal care --- Terminally ill --- Thanatology --- History --- Philosophy --- Cryomation