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National museum in London, United Kingdom

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Jan 12, 2026
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Did Albert Pike write any letters about future wars and are they authenticated?

A letter widely attributed to 19th‑century Freemason Albert Pike that allegedly predicts three world wars — including a future clash between “political Zionism” and Islam — is a modern forgery in the ...

Jan 18, 2026
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Which editions or manuscripts contain the Ethiopic Book of Enoch and Jubilees, and where can scholarly critical editions be accessed?

The Ethiopic (Geʽez) textual tradition is the chief locus for the surviving complete Book of Enoch and for many witnesses of Jubilees, preserved in multiple manuscript families and edited in a series ...

Jan 19, 2026

Are there documented earlier texts or forgeries that influenced the Pike world-war letters myth?

The widely circulated “Albert Pike three world wars” letter appears to be a modern concoction built from earlier anti‑Masonic hoaxes and mid‑20th century conspiracy amplification rather than a verifia...

Jan 10, 2026

How have historians and archivists evaluated the authenticity of the Pike three-world-wars letter?

The overwhelming judgment among historians and archivists is that the so‑called Albert Pike letter forecasting “three world wars” lacks credible provenance and is almost certainly a modern hoax rather...

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