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The grin of the cat refers to the difficulty of interpreting ancient artifacts without some kind of cultural context. For example, if you discovered a statue of a bull, would it be reasonable to extrapolate that the ancient culture worshiped bulls? Not necessarily. If all you found was the statue without any writings etc. to help you interpret the meaning of the statue and its features, you would just be guessing at the true meaning.

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