Anthony Charles Harris (1790-1869) was a noted collector of ancient Egyptian papyri.
In 1835, after starting his religion, Smith acquired some ancient Egyptian papyri which he said were the lost books of Abraham and Joseph.
Here," I said, opening up a volume, "is a quotation from an ancient Egyptian papyrus.
Of the ancient papyrus which, when decoded, moaned: "Children are not now as respectful and diligent as they were in the old days."
Where's the ancient papyrus with the secret code?
The paper was thirty years old, and it was stiff and dry, like ancient papyrus.
He spent most of his retirement researching and publishing ancient papyri.
Today I am more inclined to believe that it is an ancient papyrus and not a modern forgery.
They also followed the lead of an ancient papyrus now in a museum in Turin, Italy.
Lindsay learned of the many books found there, from those written on ancient papyrus to works stored on microform.