7 Medrano dated “the island’s moment of destruction to no later than A.D.
Sonya Medrano, an archaeologist involved in the site’s underwater excavation and mapping, described it as “a place of public rituals and pilgrimage.” The sudden rise in water that submerged these 30 acres of ruins has been attributed to likely volcanic activity. ” as well as 16 religious structures and at least seven stela.
John Sorenson noted that the “buildings appear to have been undamaged before their submersion, implying a sudden rise of the water.” 6 Researchers reportedly found “about 30 ancient homes, a plaza, staircases, and even saunas, among the submerged ruins. Some don’t understand-or don’t trust-modern dating techniques such as radiocarbon, potassium argon, or dendrochronology. 3 Thus, they would fail to satisfy criterion 3: historical alignment. As for South America, such ties have been proposed, but the sunken ruins at Lake Titikaka are reportedly five-to-ten thousand years old. Regarding Cuba, no serious researcher has yet proposed a Book of Mormon geography correlation. There are reports of submerged structures off the southwest coast of Cuba 1 and other subaqueous ruins at different locations around Lake Titikaka 2 in South America. Modern archeology has identified hundreds of sunken ruins, but relatively few in the western hemisphere. These are not always expressions of the Lord’s wrath, but in this instance, they are. The only natural phenomenon that explains the immersion of an intact metropolis are earthquakes and/or volcanic eruptions. Moreover, 3rd Nephi suggests these cities were submerged intact. to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come up any more unto me against them. Three named communities-Jerusalem, Onihah, and Mocum-suffered this watery fate because, as the Lord explains, “. 1) and the Book of Mormon specifically describes how certain cities “and the inhabitants thereof” are destroyed by inundation.
Sound like something out of Jules Verne? You betcha! Sunken cities are very specific and unique (criterion no. More on these four criteria as this list is unfurled.
and those that further illuminate or shed light on the meaning of the text. These evidences are well-vetted-not just willy-nilly corollaries-and should meet the following criteria: 1. A complete list of hundreds of evidences that have been identified can be examined at For the purposes of this blog, I wanted to highlight evidences that strike me as particularly compelling. ” received a lot of fanfare, we felt it might be fun to present another five compelling physical evidences of the Book of Mormon. The following post was contributed by Chris Heimerdinger and first appeared on Book of Mormon Central.īecause my first blog entitled “5 Compelling Archeological Evidences.
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