Radioactive Carbon-14 Charcoal from River Sidon

More exciting news from Zarahemla near Montrose, Iowa. Our friends from the Heartland Research Group continue to search for any evidence of the most popular city spoken of in the Book of Mormon, Zarahemla.

Over the past 3 or 4 years the team has launched river boats with underwater cameras, sent many core samples to Lithuania from the site opposite the Nauvoo Temple, created videos of information about Robert E. Lee and other surveyors in the area, brought over from Germany Sensys Magnetometry, flown million dollar equipment from a two million dollar plane to do Lidar Imaging of thousands of acres, and now with technology from Russia they are doing resistivity analysis. They have found ancient fire pits, clam shells dated to 300 AD, ancient charcoal from deep core samples and continue to look for evidence of this great city spoken of in D&C 125.

If evidence is here and the Lord willing, this team will find it. Just as the Gold Plates have spoken to us from the ground at Cumorah, so too may the ancient civilization do the same near Nauvoo the Beautiful. Volunteers are welcome and prayers are asked for. The Lord has said, “we may know the truth of all things.” May the search for Zarahemla continue for this dedicated and hard working group of explorers as their faith strengthens day to day.

Permission to Dig on Archaeologically Rich Site Nov 16, 2021 This morning we met the landowner of a property in Montrose that goes from the bluff into the Mississippi River. The landowner gave us the right to dig into his ground. He retains all rights to any artifacts that we may find. The arrangement allows us to search for knowledge of Zarahemla that will come out of the ground. The landowner has lived in Montrose for 70 years. He is confident that his property has more ancient artifacts per acre than other property in Iowa. European settlers in the 1700s built their first house on the site. The property is located in one of the richest fishing spots on the river. During times of low water, the Des Moines Rapids stopped traffic. The property is next to clean water that comes down the bluff. All these factors in ancient times supported human life and activities. We are grateful for the chance to search on such a spot directly across the river from the Nauvoo Temple. Members from Heartland Group at Site on the West Bank of the River Sidon Property Owner and Wayne May  ©2021 Heart Land Research Group | 2681 Milan Street Easton, PA 18045

New Technology from Russia on Zarahemla Temple Site Nov 17, 2021 Today we took Russian technology to the Zarahemla Temple Site. A serious search has begun for the foundation of the ancient temple. Click To See Video M embers from Heartland Group at Zarahemla Temple Site  ©2021 Heart Land Research Group | 2681 Milan Street Easton, PA 18045

Radioactive Carbon-14 Charcoal from Fire Pit at a depth of 60 Inches. Nov 18, 2021 Today we were in the field close to the River Sidon. Last year we found from our magnetometry scans evidence of hundreds of ancient fire pits. In December 2020, we drilled by hand down 48 inches and found charcoal samples from fire pits. Hand drilling was difficult. At that depth, the fire pits were 1,000 years old. Today, we took a gas-powered drilling machine into the field where we had located fire pits. We drilled down 60 inches, and found excellent samples of ancient charcoal. We will now prepare samples and send them to the radiocarbon laboratory, where the dates will be determined. We expect that we are now at a point in time that connects to the chronology of Zarahemla as found in the ancient record. Click To See Video of Day’s Events in the Field Members from Heartland Group at Zarahemla Temple Site  ©2021 Heart Land Research Group | 2681 Milan Street Easton, PA 18045

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Members from Heartland Group at Zarahemla Temple Site