Joseph Smith, who claimed to translate Reformed Egyptian to produce his Book of Mormon, and also claimed to be a Seer (one who can translate all ancient records), claimed to translate some Egyptian papyrus he acquired. He said it was literally "the writings of Abraham, by his own hand." He published his translation of the papyrus as The Book of Abraham. Few in 1835 could understand Egyptian hieroglyphics. Today, thanks to the Rosetta Stone, we can now read Egyptian hieroglyphics. Numerous Egyptologists have examined Joseph's 1835 translation, and all agree, that his Book of Abraham is a fraud.

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