Thanks to the work of Egyptologists over the past decades, in addition to knowing what texts the extant Egyptian papyri acquired by Joseph Smith in 1835 contain, we also know quite a bit about the ancient owners of the papyri, including a Theban priest named Hor (Horos in Greek).
From <a href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/61-4/">⁠BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4⁠</a>.

Thanks to the work of Egyptologists over the past decades, in addition to knowing what texts the extant Egyptian papyri acquired by Joseph Smith in 1835 contain, we also know quite a bit about the ancient owners of the papyri, including a Theban priest named Hor (Horos in Greek). From ⁠BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4⁠.

Thanks to the work of Egyptologists over the past decades, in addition to knowing what texts the extant Egyptian papyri acquired by Joseph Smith in 1835 contain, we also know quite a bit about the ancient owners of the papyri, including a Theban priest named Hor (Horos in Greek).
From <a href="https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/61-4/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4⁠</a>.

The Ancient Owners of the Joseph Smith Papyri

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