MAY 24, 2026 UPDATE: Today I stumbled across an article by BYU archaeologist John E. Clarke who writes in 2004, In accord with these general observations about New York and Pennsylvania, we come to our principal object—the Hill Cumorah. Archaeologically speaking, it is a clean hill. No artifacts, no walls, no trenches, no arrowheads. The... Continue Reading →
“Nearly Surrounded by Water”: Why the Mesoamerican and Heartland Geography Models Fail
"It doesn't matter where the Book of Mormon happened. It just matters that it did." --Someone you know, probably. Since the early days of the Church armchair geographers and academics have spent considerable time interpreting textual clues in hopes of determining the locations described in the Book of Mormon. As one might suspect, opinions vary... Continue Reading →