Notes and Communications: New and Old Light on Shawabtis from Mesoamerica

Title	Notes and Communications: New and Old Light on Shawabtis from Mesoamerica
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	1997
Authors	Gee, John
Journal	Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Volume	6
Issue	1
Pagination	64-69
Keywords	Ancient America; Book of Mormon Geography; Egypt; Forgery; Mesoamerica
Abstract	Two Egyptian shawabti-figurines, reputedly discovered in Acajutla, El Salvador, in 1914, are likely forgeries. Had they been authentic, they might have helped to establish cultural contact between Egypt and Mesoamerica.
URL	https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol6/iss1/6

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