Category: Archeological
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A New Hieratic Ostracon from Ashkelon
The discovery of a pottery shard in Israel with Egyptian hieratic writing including the word prophet, or seer. Read more
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Egyptian Hieratic Writing in the Levant in the 1st Millennium BC
German Archeologist Stefan Wimmer explains the phenomena of Hieratic writing in areas inhabited by semitic speakers. These Egyptian inscriptions written by Hebrew speakers match the description given by Nephi of reformed Egyptian. Read more
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The Name Mormon in reformed Egyptian, Sumerian, and Mesoamerican Languages
Professional translator Jerry Grover demonstrates Egyptian, Sumerian, and Mesoamerican examples of the name Mormon comparable to the name as written in reformed Egyptian in a sample copied by Oliver Cowdrey Read more
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Jewish and Other Semitic Terms Written in Egyptian Characters
An Egyptian script was possibly used to write Hebrew text on the Nephite record. Documents from the correct location and time period have texts and languages in varying scripts that lend credence to this scribal phenomenon. Read more