Nephi wrote that he made a record “which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians” (1 Nephi 1:2). King Benjamin and Moroni also described an Egyptian influence in the Book of Mormon writings (see Mosiah 1:4; Mormon 9:32). Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley explained that Ammon (or Amon) “is the commonest proper name in the Book of Mormon, and also the commonest and most revered name in the Egyptian Empire” (Lehi in the Desert, 23).