BOOK of MormonSMITH, Joseph, 1805-1844BOOK of Mormon storiesINSCRIPTIONSDECEPTIONRELIGIOUS literatureRichard Bushman has called the gold plates story "the single most troublesome item in Joseph...doi:10.5406/dialjmormthou.52.2.0037Thomas, Ryan
Notwithstanding its long history, which extends over nearly 150 years, and the advent of other mechanisms, it still remains the best type for locks which are operated by a key with a projecting bit designed to act directly on the bolt. Levers, in essence, are thin metal plates of which ...
The ancient Egyptians were among the first groups of people towriteand keep records of events that happened in their lives. The earliest form of writing was in the form of hieroglyphics, which, simply put, were drawings that portrayed a story. Hieroglyphics are some of the oldest artifacts in...
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In the Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish for “Cave of the Oilbirds”), my guide was Juan Moricz, an Argentinean prospector with whom I had been corresponding about his knowledge of a hidden cache of gold animal s...
The first artwork created by human beings might have been someone who took a burning stick from a fire and scratched out an image on a rock. The black soot from the stick was the first proto-writing instrument and the first form of art. ...
Some scholars have suggested that Plato might have been writing about Crete and the neighbouring island of Santorini, which was badly destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1600 BC. Others feel he made up the story and based it on old legends. Michael Hubner believed Plato. He used his time ...
Kunze theorized that the statue was built from thin plates of gold stretched across wood model. From the immortal god to the immortalization of an ordinary king, our exploration of the ancient wonders takes us back to Turkey next. Gentleman of Brave Metal Phidias was well-known in the ...
W.L. conceived the experimental research, and was responsible for funding acquisition, writing—review and editing. Y.H. performed the data analysis and wrote the paper. J.L. provided the celadon samples. C.X and X.L. contributed to the experiments. Everyone participated in discussions and an...
Modern visitors are also used to writing on a smooth horizontal surface, and their inexperience on a vertical surface results in a much larger size of letters. Finally, when a modern writer scratches into ancient plaster, the incision reveals a fresh white color below (Fig. 7). Ancient ...