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Right, Overall it's very well written, so points for that, however there is one thing that I simply don't understand, so forgive my ignorance:

- S in one part there were some ancient writings discovered in an ancient land with skeletons/ancient armor/gold/etc (not by JS, this was back in nephite times)- a seer translated them for the king.

I must not have been paying attention- was that ancient land also the neophites? Can someone redirect me maybe to where the gist is described or maybe tell me the general plot?

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That'd be them describing the land of the Jaredites, and he was trying to translate the plates through a seer using the interpreting stones (kind of like the Urim and Thumim, I believe). And nah, it was not the same land, rather, it was close by. You can read about it here: http://www.lds.org/s....16?lang=eng#15

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Best of Wishes,

-TAO

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That'd be them describing the land of the Jaredites, and he was trying to translate the plates through a seer using the interpreting stones (kind of like the Urim and Thumim, I believe). And nah, it was not the same land, rather, it was close by. You can read about it here: http://www.lds.org/s....16?lang=eng#15

Edit Posts is unlocked after like 10 posts I believe. Just keep posting here, and you'll be able to edit in no time =).

Best of Wishes,

-TAO

ahh, thank you good sir! found it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaredites

so they indeed existed much longer ago, arrived on barges, had a large civilization and "destroyed themselves" as wikipedia says. thanks!

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They arrived on some manner of curious workmanship of a vessel. Barges, as currently understood, might not be an accurate term due to modern language. And yes, they destroyed themselves.

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