Cities
Aguateca (land of Melek)
Proposed site: Aguateca, on Lake Petexbatún
The book proposes Aguateca and Dos Pilas as cities in the land of Melek, west of Zarahemla. Aguateca also sits beside a fissure about 1 km long, read by the model as the kind of landscape 3 Nephi 8 describes.
- Scripture: Alma 8:3–6; 3 Nephi 8
- Precision: a named site
- Sources: Authors' 2026 book, pp.23–24, 74; Wikidata Q398094
Episodes
- Grok 2: Zarahemla Rising
- Grok 6: Three Days of Darkness
- Hark 2: Zarahemla Rising
- Hark 6: Three Days of Darkness
This is the authors' proposal. See open questions for how the model is debated, or follow it on the full map.