Category: Archeological
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The Hieratic Scribal Tradition of Pre-Exilic Judah
Discusses three Hebrew ostraca bearing Egyptian hieratic symbols. At least one the discussed ostraca dates to the 7th century BC, the time Lehi left Jerusalem and the time which Nephi began keeping the record in what Mormon later called “reformed Egyptian” and what Nephi himself called “the learning of the Jews and the language of Read more
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Hieratic Fragments from Tell el-Far’ah (South)
Two ostraca found at Tell el-Far’ah, an archeological site between Jerusalem and Nazareth, contain together seven lines of Egyptian Hieratic, while these pottery sherds could not be dated conventionally, the language suggest 19th or 20th dynasty, “with quite a clear stress on the 20th dynasty” which lasted from 1189 to 1077 BC. This is evidence Read more
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Book of Mormon Minimalists and the NHM Inscriptions: A Response to Dan Vogel
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Newly Found Alters from Nahom
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On Lehi’s Trail: Nahom
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A History of NaHoM
Warren P. Aston relates the history of the locations of Nahom, or NHM and archeological evidence that the sites existence Read more
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Across Arabia with Lehi and Sariah
Warren P. Aston draws on his own research in Yemen and Oman as well as on the work of other scholars and researchers to explore two locations in the Book of Mormon account of Lehi’s journey through Arabia: Nahom and Bountiful. Preliminarily, Aston highlights Nephi’s own directional indications for each leg of the journey, considers Read more
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Through the Arabian Desert
Eugene England examines the route taken by the Book of Mormon emigrants from Jerusalem across Arabia to the sea, testing the hypothesis that Joseph Smith, or one of his contemporaries, made up the account of that journey on the basis of information available in the 1820s. Eugene England, “Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land: Could Joseph Read more
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An Archeologist’s View (Response to Near East Book of Mormon Studies)
Seasoned archeologist Jeffrey R. Chadwick responds to studies conducted by Warren Aston, Richard Wellington, George Potter, and KentBrown regarding the trail which Lehi and his family traveled through the Arabian Peninsula. Read more
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Identifying our Best Candidate for Nephi’s Bountiful
Warren P. Aston addresses alternative theories for the location of Nephi’s bountiful. He explains the possibilities and shortcomings of Khor Rori, Khor Kharfot, and Khor Mughsayl. Read more