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The archaelig;ologist whose business it is to bring to light by pick and spade the relics of bygone ages; is often accused of devoting his energies to work which is of no material profit to mankind at the present day. Archaelig;ology is an unapplied science; and; apart from its connection with what is called culture; the critic is inclined to judge it as a pleasant and worthless amusement. There is nothing; the critic tells us; of pertinent value to be learned from the Past which will be of use to the ordinary person of the present time; and; though the archaelig;ologist can offer acceptable information to the painter; to the theologian; to the philologist; and indeed to most of the followers of the arts and sciences; he has nothing to give to the ordinary layman.In some directions the imputation is unanswerable; and when the interests of modern times clash with those of the past; as; for example; in Egypt where a beneficial reservoir has destroyed the remains of early days; there can be no question that the recording of the threatened information and the minimising of the destruction; is all that the value of the archaelig;ologists work entitles him to ask for. The critic; however; usually overlooks some of the chief reasons that archaelig;ology can give for even this much consideration; reasons which constitute its modern usefulness; and I therefore propose to point out to him three or four of the many claims which it may make upon the attention of the layman.