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THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE WORLD


THE PRECEPTS OF PTAH-HOTEP


"For one early papyrus that has survived, many millions must have perished."
PROF. A. H. SAYCE.
"The counsels of former days; it is profitable for him who hears them, it is a loss to him who shall transgress them."
PTAH HOTEP.