New and Old Light on Shawabtis from Mesoamerica

Authors

John Gee, Yale University

Keywords

Book of Mormon, Criticism, Transoceanic Migrations, Mesoamerica, Archaeology

Abstract

Two Egyptian shawabti-figurines, reputedly discovered in Acajutla, El Salvador, in 1914, are likely forgeries. Had they been authentic, they might have helped to establish cultural contact between Egypt and Mesoameria.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Gee, John (1997) "New and Old Light on Shawabtis from Mesoamerica," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol6/iss1/6