The idea that Joseph Smith found ancient gold plates in a stone box is not so far-fetched when you realize there are ancient examples of this very practice. . In 1926, archaeologists in Hamadan discovered an inscription of Darius on gold and silver plates stored in a stone box just like the Book of Mormon. . Just a few years later, 2 more sets of gold and silver plates were found in stone boxes in the foundations of the Persian palace at Persepolis. These plates were carefully deposited in the b

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