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The Book of the Seven Climes - Paul Ferguson - 09-07-2023 "Among the many intriguing objects on display in the Egypt: faith after the pharaohs exhibition is an 18th-century copy of the Book of the Seven Climes (Kitāb al-aqālīm al-ṣab‘ah), on loan from the British Library. The book’s 13th-century author, Abū al-Qāsim al-‘Irāqī, believed it held ancient secrets coded in hieroglyphic texts. He was right, but not exactly as he imagined!" https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/medieval-alchemical-book-reveals-new-secrets |