Were the Jaredites the "first Americans"? The Jaredites fit in the Book of Mormon timeline roughly 1500-400B.C. This timeline fits nicely with the Olmec civilization commonly known by their giant rock head sculptures. So were the Jaredites non other than the Olmecs?
If the Jaredites were infact the Olmecs then what can we gather about the Olmecs that corresponds with what we know about the Jaredites? Carlos De Siguenza y Gongorra (1645-1700) gave us some interesting information abut the original settlers of Mexico. Gongorra said that he "arrived at the curiously definite results that the original settlers descended from Naphtuhim, son of Mizraim and grandson of Noah, who left Egypt for Mexico shortly after the confusion of the tongues." Naphtuhim is the plural form of "Nephet" which means honeycomb. It means honeycomb people or beekeepers, or people of deseret. In Ether 2:3 speaking of Jaredite preperation it states "and they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is honeybee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees."
If the Jaredites were infact the Olmecs then what can we gather about the Olmecs that corresponds with what we know about the Jaredites? Carlos De Siguenza y Gongorra (1645-1700) gave us some interesting information abut the original settlers of Mexico. Gongorra said that he "arrived at the curiously definite results that the original settlers descended from Naphtuhim, son of Mizraim and grandson of Noah, who left Egypt for Mexico shortly after the confusion of the tongues." Naphtuhim is the plural form of "Nephet" which means honeycomb. It means honeycomb people or beekeepers, or people of deseret. In Ether 2:3 speaking of Jaredite preperation it states "and they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is honeybee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees."
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Awesome artwork! I love the bee references...You know what they say, "No bees, no civilization." Again, I love your work!
ReplyDeletethanks Shelli, another interesting question I like to bring up is that we all know that the Brother of Jared carried 16 stones up the mountain but one of my favorite trivia questions is how many stones did he carry back down?
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