An oracular hoax by William Henry Ireland, aka Herman Kirchenhoffer, that profited from the 19th-century mania for Egyptology and Napoleonic relics.
Hieroglyphics of a Rope-Dancer: The Book of Fate (1822)
Tuesday 25 January 2022 at 10:20
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/book-of-fate