The Book of Abraham is believed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be “an inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri. The translation was published serially in the Times and Seasons beginning March 1, 1842, at Nauvoo, Illinois” (Pearl of Great Price Introduction).
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In 2004, workers were summoned to repair a damaged sewer pipe. The pipe lay under a small potato field in the Palestinian Arab neighborhood of Silwan, in southeastern Jerusalem just outside the Old City walls. Following standard local practice, a team of archaeological observers accompanied them, wrote Yaakov Katz in "New Discovery in Jerusalem's City of David: 2,000-year-old Pilgimage Road," published June 30 in The Jerusalem Post, online at jpost.com.
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Is there any evidence to support the description of Jerusalem and surrounding lands found in the Book of Mormon? This fascinating video created by Book of Mormon Central explores many details found in 1 Nephi, comparing it with known geography of ancient Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. "Amazingly, nearly every travel detail in his record can now be connected with some plausible site, route, or ancient custom or practice," Book of Mormon Central posted on YouTube. Learn more in the fascinating video below.
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For the last 18 years, Brigham Young University archaeology professor Jeffrey R. Chadwick has been involved in excavating the ancient Biblical site of Gath, the capital city of the Philistine pentapolis and hometown of the towering warrior Goliath.
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Containing Israelite psalms and a form of Hebrew written in an Egyptian script, Papyrus Amherst 63 has many similarities with Book of Mormon writings and gospel teachings.
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What a fascinating find that could tie to a prophet whose words shaped the Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of Mormon.
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While it may be fascinating to look at possible evidence of the Book of Mormon, a knowledge of the truthfulness of this sacred record can only come through faith and gaining a testimony of your own.
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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is touted as the greatest archeological discovery of the 20th Century. While the insights they provide into the history of ancient Judaism and the text of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) cannot be overstated, the near 60-years it took to complete their publication led to decades of speculation, myth, intrigue, and rumor relating to the contents of the near 1,000 manuscripts uncovered in the Judaean Desert.
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What a thought-provoking article by Book of Mormon Central. While the Church has no official stance on where Book of Mormon events took place, it's intriguing to note how this discovery discounts earlier beliefs about ancient American inhabitants and corroborates passages from the Book of Mormon.
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Book of Mormon Central recently put together a video describing the likely location of one of the places Lehi's family traveled to after they left Jerusalem, Nahom. Using archaeological evidence that confirms this location as a Book of Mormon site, they show how this "place of mourning" can give us a better understanding of this sacred book.
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Have you heard about the newest member of the BYU Museum of Paleontology?
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Many early critics of the Book of Mormon insisted that the book was inaccurate because there was no way the sword of Laban could be made of steel. That was, until a surprising archeological discovery was made 30 years ago. Matthew Roper, a research associate at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU, discussed this at the FairMormon Conference and told more about what swords in the Book of Mormon were really like.
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A new burial site recently unearthed could shed more light on the Bible story of David and Goliath we know so well.
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As LDS archaeologists have found sites where Book of Mormon events could have occurred, it becomes easy to visual moments in Nephi's life: when he went "down" to build his ship, when his brothers threatened to cast him into the sea, and where he worshipped the Lord.
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Photos from the dig at what LDS archaeologists think is Nephi's Bountiful has uncovered several small treasures. See was it's like digging at Khor Kharfot and see what has been uncovered with over 30 photos from Meridian Magazine. Here's just a taste:
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The remains of an ancient Hebrew temple and a landscape that fits Nephi's description of Bountiful perfectly have been discovered, and now, a Muslim country has granted LDS archaeologists a chance to dig at the site. Find out more about this exciting expedition here.
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This is absolutely fascinating. The remains of an ancient Hebrew temple and a landscape that fits Nephi's description of Bountiful perfectly have been discovered, and now, a Muslim country has granted LDS archaeologists a chance to dig at the site.
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