Gold Plates and the Book of Mormon

Title

Gold Plates and the Book of Mormon

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1962

Authors

Pagination

233–234, 270–271

Date Published

April 1962

Volume

65

Issue Number

4

Abstract

The author reports on the discovery of two Persian gold plates. One was engraved in the 4th century B.C. in the days of Darius II and the other dates to the 5th century B.C.

Subject Keywords

Ancient Near East
Gold Plates
Metal Plates
Recordkeeping
Kingdom of Persia
King Darius

Bibliographic Citation

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