Author: Brian Nettles

Joseph Smith’s First Vision

One source document for the story of Joseph Smith and his first vision was published in the Time and Seasons in 1842. I have transcribed the text of the original Times and Seasons publication and I have attempted to retain all grammar, punctuation, and misspellings of the original document. https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-of-joseph-smith/1 History of Joseph Smith Owing […]
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The Ancient Cities of Antionum and Jershon

An assumption of many Heartlanders of the Book of Mormon is that Zarahemla is in the location mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 125.  D&C 125:3 Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it. The Book of […]
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The Location of Ancient City of Manti

The Meaning of the Word Manti The name Manti has a good match from the Chicago Demotic Dictionary. For meaning, it means porter, doorkeeper, or night watchman. Evidently Manti may have been a strategic location to prevent intruders from entering a portion of the western portions of the Nephite lands. The Location of the City […]
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The Name “Book of Mormon” in Reformed Egyptian

There is not much that we have from the Gold Plates of what exactly the Reformed Egyptian of the Book of Mormon looked like. The writings from Michigan are possibly the language that Mormon used to write the history of the Nephite Nation. I do testify that the writings from the Michigan Artifacts are indeed […]
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The Third, Fourth, and Sixth Commandments from Michigan Relics

Since 2017, I have spent a considerable amount of time researching the language of the Michigan Relics.  The goal of my research was specifically to determine if the language was decipherable and if the language was consistent among the artifacts.  I also spent some time learning Middle Kingdom Egyptian, but by no means have I […]
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Translating the Serpent on the Cross

The last write up I did in Ancient American magazine was published in the Volume 22 Issue Number 121. The article was entitled ​The Third, Fourth, and Sixth Commandments from Michigan Relics​. To start, I am providing here a dictionary of symbols deciphered using the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth commandments as derived from […]
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Michigan Script Dictionary
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