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surprising ease whereby from Champollion pere onward Egyptologists have professed to translate from hieroglyphics monuments and papyri with almost as much certainly as a modern linguist can translate one living tongue into another. Behind it all, lay, and still does, the object of throwing a clearer light on the accuracy of Bible history generally, and to the archaeologists for the most part to write anything which confirms Moses and Bible history generally induces pious folks to subscribe large sums for exca- vation purposes to those who claim to be able to reassure them from any agnostic doubts. In some cases these archaeological claims are absolutely dishonest; in others, excavators and so forth are led astray by their own enthusiasm. ..For these reasons, any Egyptologists who claim to interpret the past should be looked upon with the utmost reserve. (p. 76) 260 Appendix B: Book Abstracts Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation