Papyrus Joseph Smith I, containing the original illustration of facsimile 1 from the Book of Abraham. [This article was written by Kerry Muhlestein and originally posted at Meridian Magazine. An excerpt is reposted here with permission.] When Napoleon invaded Egypt he opened it up to a wave of Western exploration that the country had never known. Soon after his defeat there, many European countries sent consuls to Egypt with one major goal: ...
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