Bible, Genesis 39 :
"When Joseph was taken down to Egypt, he was bought by Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's eunuchs. Now Joseph was handsome and goodlooking, and a time came when his master's wife took notice of him and said : "Come and lie with me". But he refused and said to her, think of my master. How can I do anything so wicked, and sin against God. One day he came into the house as usual to do his job, when none of the men of the Household were there. She caught him by his cloak, saying : Come and lie with me, but he left the cloak in het hands and ran out of the house. She called out to the men of the Household : Look at this ! My husband has brought in a Hebrew to make a mockery of us. When Joseph's master heard his wife's story of what his slave had done to her, he was furious. He took Joseph and put him in the Round Tower, where the king's prisoners were kept..."
Harper Lee "To kill a mockingbird p.320, 321 :
"Tom, you're sworn to tell the whole truth. Will you tell it ? Mr.Finch, I got down offa that chair and turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. Jumped on you ? Violently ? "No suh, she-she hugged me. She hugged me round the waist. Then what did she do ? "She reached up and kissed me side of the face. She says she never kissed a grown man before and she might as well kiss a nigger. She says : Kiss me back, nigger. I say Miss Mayella leeme outa here and tried to run but she got her back to the door and I had to push her. Tom, did you rape Mayella Ewell ? I did not, suh. Did you harm her in any way ? I did not, suh. Did you resist her advances ? Mr.Finch, I tried..."
On two other pages, Harper Lee is talking about Egypt :
p.103 : Mr.Avery said it was written on the Rosetta stone that when children disobeyed their parents, the seasons would change.
p.375 : "Somewhere along when the Finches were in Egypt one of them must have learned a hieroglyphic or two and he taught his boy".