Show C12 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday September 19 2002 BYU BYU Education Week and the FAIR Conference” Potter’s Mormon archaeological journeys have taken him more than 100000 dusty miles They began in the northwestern comer of Saudi Arabia and continued down the east side to Rub’Al Khali the Empty Quarter in its southeastern comer tracing Nephi’s trail “Our candidate for the Valley of Lemuel led us to locate an important branch of the Frankincense Trail that passed just 10 miles from the valley” said Potter referring to an ancient traders' trail One pause in their journey was in Oman where Potter and company believe they found Place Bountiful Khor Ron where Nephi built and launched his ship to the New World Potter noted that Place Bountiful was the S only site on which he consulted with Valley Cl Continued from Saudi Arabia is a large desert country bounded on the north by Kuwait Iraq Jordan and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Its eastern and western boundaries are the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea On the southern border are the United Arab Emirates Oman and Yemen which all border on the Arabian Sea Potter and his colleagues first began their explorations in 1995 when they searched for an alternate candidate for Mount Sinai “(Craig Thonted) got me interested in finding the Arabian candidate for Mount Sinai Together we started exploring northwestern Arabia the region still called Midi an (as in Biblical Jethro a priest of Midi an)" Potter recalled According to the 1999 edition of Encarta encyclopedia many biblical scholars believe a good candidate for the mountain is in the Sinai Peninsula of northeastern Egypt The peak is now called Jabal Mosa (Arabic for “Mountain of Moses”) and is adjacent to Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrinah) the highest mountain on the Sinai Peninsula in an area of Saudi Arabia near Tabuk a northwestern town Potter and friends found a "mountain among many iri that mountainous region Bruce Santucci Potter’s editor and companion in the search for ML Sinai reported that the mountain they found was “revered by the locals as From there on they were hooked Potter related that they became interested in finding Ithe camp sites the Israelites used during their Exodus from Egypt then the Valley of Lemuel the trail traveled by Nephi — a Book of Mormon prophet who was credited with leading his people from the Middle East to the Americas — and even the harbor where Nephi and his 'father Lehi built the ship that was to take him to the New World Later Potter said they looked at another site 'that locals believed was “Elim the second campsite after the children of Israel crossed the ?Red Sea (Exodus 15:27)” There they found a xlear stream which led them to what they believe is the Valley of Lemuel The site is known locally as Wadi Tayyib “Since that time it has bKome generally Accepted by Book of Mormon scholars that our feite is the best candidate for the Valley of Lemuel” Potter said “Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies at B YU has published my article on the valley in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies November of !1995 and my theories have been presented at Jebel-al-Mus- non-LD- archaeologists The central theme of Nephi Chapters is the saga of Nephi building a large sailing ship To identify the place where a ship could have been constructed in southern Oman we S needed to consult with the leading marine researchers in archaeology doing research in southern Oman (where most Book of Mormon scholars believe Nephi built his ship)” said Potter Nevertheless he seemed to enjoy branching out from the ranks of LDS scholars “Frankly we preferred not using LDS schol-a- n whenever possible” he said “Our book 'Discovering the Nephi Trail' to be in printed in August 2003 has over 2000 footnotes by S authorities" In the meantime fellow exploren Wellington and Sedor returned to their homes in England and Los Angeles while Potter remains in Arabia His companions on his continuing research S travels are now he said mostly “These good friends have their own faith some Christian and some Islamic It's very rewarding to sit around campfire with my non- LDS friends surrounded by sand dunes as far as one can see and talk seriously about the S friends” ancient route of Lehi with he said Potter and colleagues formed the'Nephi Project to continue archaeological exploration based on the first and second books ofNephi in the Book of Mormon According to the group’s Web site the project supports itself through public programs about its discoveries The group does live presentations and sells books and videos through LDS bookstores and their Website 17--18 non-LD- a” : non-LD- non-LD- non-LD- al-Is- m on wm WNi wwwnepniprjecLcom ' V: 'k' V--:- - 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