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Excerpt from Forged Egyptian Antiquities There are a great many people in the world who are interested in Egypt, in its antiqui ties, and in the unfolding of its pages of ancient history, a number collect specimens of old Egyptian art, such as scarabs, pottery, small statues, &c., , and others, when in Egypt, buy them as presents for friends at home. It is for this numerous class, which is year by year defrauded of large sums of money by the...

Excerpt from King and Parliament: A. D. 1603 1714 Now this is exactly what happened. This personal spirit led men into a new religious belief. When in the latter half of the sixteenth century the Church of England, as established bylaw in Elizabeth's day, failed to satisfy some earnest thinkers, they adopted the extreme Opinions of the continental Protestants. This new religious force was called in derision Puritanism. The men who held it wis...