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The Gold Plates of King Darius
Title
The Gold Plates of King Darius
Publication Type
Web Article
Year of Publication
2015
Authors
Aston, Warren P. (Primary)
Publisher
Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum
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Abstract
The finely-inscribed gold and silver plates of King Darius remain an example par excellence of ancient record-keeping using metal plates. Buried for millennia, they were discovered by a German archaeologist in 1933. They remain one of the best examples of the plates that Joseph Smith reported locating and translating into the Book of Mormon a century earlier.Subject Keywords
Plates
Ancient Near East
Gold Plates
Metallurgy
Recordkeeping
King Darius
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