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Aztec Calendar. Photo by Don Bayley.
November 3, 2020
KnoWhy 583; Mormon 9:32–34
What Do We Know About Nephite Language?
Detail of a judgment scene in the Book of the Dead, Papyrus of Hunefer. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
August 18, 2020
KnoWhy 574; Helaman 1:3
Why Did Pahoran, Paanchi, and Pacumeni have Such Similar Sounding Names?
El rey Benjamin by Jorge Cocco.
October 17, 2019
KnoWhy #536; Mosiah 3:8
Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah?
“Caracters Document” via the Community of Christ
May 9, 2019
KnoWhy #515; Mosiah 8:12
What Do We Know About the “Anthon Transcript”?
Replica of the gold plates with reformed Egyptian characters via Church News
May 2, 2019
KnoWhy #513; Mormon 9:32
Why Did Mormon and Moroni Write in Reformed Egyptian?
Illustration of the Kinderhook plates and the Nauvoo Neighbor broadside. Image via Book of Mormon Central
July 31, 2018
KnoWhy #454; Mosiah 8:12-13
What Do the Kinderhook Plates Reveal About Joseph Smith’s Gift of Translation?
The "Lake of Fire" from Spell 126 of the Book of the Dead via Universität Heidelberg
July 3, 2018
KnoWhy #446; 2 Nephi 9:16
Why Does the Book of Mormon Warn that a Lake of Fire and Brimstone Awaits Sinners in the Afterlife?
Lehi en el desierto by Jorge Cocco
June 28, 2018
KnoWhy #445; 1 Nephi 1:1
What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name?
The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus (305 BC) via The British Museum
June 21, 2018
KnoWhy #443; 1 Nephi 1:3
Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
May 31, 2017
KnoWhy #320; Mosiah 18:8-10
Why Did the Nephites Practice Baptism?
Image by Jerry Thompson via lds.org
January 16, 2017
KnoWhy #262; 1 Nephi 6:5–6
Why Did Nephi Work So Hard to Preserve the Wisdom He Had Received?
Adobe Stock Image
November 22, 2016
KnoWhy #236; Ether 2:3
Where Does the Word “Deseret” Come From?
Alphabet by Book of Mormon Central
November 18, 2016
KnoWhy #234; Mormon 9:27
Why Did Moroni Conclude His Father’s Record with 22 Commands?
"The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords." Image via lds.org
June 28, 2016
KnoWhy #131; Alma 23:17
Why Did Converted Lamanites Call Themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehies?
January 27, 2016
KnoWhy #20; 1 Nephi 17:5
Why Would Nephi Call the Ocean "Irreantum"?
Hieratic Ostracon from Arad
January 5, 2016
KnoWhy #4; 1 Nephi 1:2
Did Ancient Israelites Write in Egyptian?