Recent Scientific Investigations: They Substantiate the Book of Mormon

Title	Recent Scientific Investigations: They Substantiate the Book of Mormon
Publication Type	Magazine Article
Year of Publication	1927
Authors	Melville, Alton C.
Magazine	Improvement Era
Volume	30
Issue Number	4
Pagination	311–314
Date Published	February 1927
Keywords	Archaeology; Book of Mormon Geography; Book of Mormon Geography – Mesoamerica; External Evidence; Pre-Columbian American History
Abstract	Inspired by a study of archaeological remains in Panama that lead one archaeologist from New York to call it “the Pompeii of ancient America,” Melville believes Panama finds corroboration with the Book of Mormon in such issues as location and size, commerce, industries, cloth, tools, and elephants.

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