Letter from "Mystic"
Reference code
SAL/01/03/014/011
Title
Letter from "Mystic"
Date
12/07/1849
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp.
Scope and content
Letter from a writer calling himself "Mystic". Declaring Champollion's deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs as 'monstrous humbug,' and claiming he (the letter's author) has the true method of interpretation.
Archival history
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