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Evidences supporting the following claims can be found in Parts 1 and 2:
Found in Part I:
- Egyptologists have discovered that Abraham was invited to sit on Pharoah's throne, just as Joseph Smith claimed.
- Ancient Jewish writings foretold that in the latter days, a prophet by the name of Joseph would restore the temple ordinances and the priesthood.
- Scholars have found that the early Christians performed eternal marriages in mirrored chambers.
- Scholars have discovered that Enoch witnessed God weeping over the wickedness of his children, just as latter-day scripture testifies.
- Scholars have also concluded that the early Christians believed in three heavens as well as a pre-mortal existence.
- The early Christians had an organization of women who cared for the sick and the needy.
- Scholars have corrected many mistranslations of the Bible years after Joseph Smith did so in his Inspired Revision.
- Joseph Smith spoke of the indestructibility of matter many years before the scientific world did so.
- A presbyterian minister published his eye-witness account of Joseph Smith healing a woman's rheumatic arm.
- Fifty years before the invention of the first airplane, an LDS apostle prophesied that man would learn to fly faster than the speed of sound.
- Maori chieftans of New Zealand predicted and described the arrival of missionaries from the true church.
- Many years before the outbreak of World War I, an LDS apostle predicted where it would originate.
Found in Part II:
- There are ten correlations between the crucifixion and the Sun Dance ceremony of the Native Amreicans of the Great Plains.
- A scholarly interpretation of the characters copied from the gold plates corresponds with a portion of the Book of Ether.
- Many ancient Hebrew symbolisms and literary devices, unknown in 1830, have been discovered within the Book of Mormon.
- A tribe of Native Americans called themselves "Lamani."
- The teachings of Zenos in the Book of Mormon are identical to those of Zenez in the Dead Sea scrolls.
- Ancient American histories tell of a migration from a great tower by people whose language was not confounded.
- Middle Eastern histories tell of the families of [Ja]Rud and his brother whose language was not confounded.
- A stone carving discovered in Mexico reveals 40 correlations with Lehi's dream of the Tree of Life.
- A cave near Jerusalem is known as "the cave of the family of Lehi." Archaeologists date inscriptions on the wall of the cave to around 600 B.C.
- The city of Nahom, the location of which is described in the Book of Mormon, has been rediscovered in modern times.
- An Aztec codex shows ancient American knowledge of temple ceremonies.
- A city of "Nefee" was built in Arabia, by followers of "Lehee" who, according to Islamic history, passed through that land in 600 B.C.
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