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Twelve episodes that follow the Pasión River Model from the River Sidon to Cumorah and the Jaredites. This is the Grok version; the Hark version covers the same ground with a different voice and pacing.
The River Sidon
A river in northern Guatemala starts in a cave and runs north. Could it be the River Sidon? This opening episode lays out the Book of Mormon's geographic clues and why, on the Pasión River Model, the evidence points to the Pasión River, with Ceibal on its banks as Zarahemla.
Zarahemla Rising
From Mulek's escape from Jerusalem to a fast-growing city on a riverbank in the Petén. Ceibal's rise, peak and emptying are weighed against the record of Zarahemla. Not proof, but on this model a remarkable fit.
Manti and the Hill Riplah Ambush
Around 74 BC a Lamanite army took a hidden route around the head of a river. This episode follows the model upriver to Cancuén as Manti and looks at where the evidence points for the hill Riplah and its ambush.
The Land of Nephi
Where did Nephi build his temple and Alma hide by the waters of Mormon? On the Pasión River Model the trail leads south, up into the highlands of Guatemala and the Salamá Valley.
The Narrow Neck and the Wall
Instead of starting with the narrow neck of land, the model starts with the cities and lets the neck fall between them. The evidence, it argues, points to northern Guatemala near Tikal, and to a long earthwork in the jungle.
Three Days of Darkness
Storm, earthquake, sunken and buried cities, and a darkness people could feel. This episode looks at the physical traces of catastrophe in the model's lands, one at a time, so you can judge for yourself.
Bountiful
Where did the visit at the temple in Bountiful happen? Rather than claiming certainty, the model scores the candidate sites, and the evidence points to a fertile strip of northern Guatemala and Belize.
Kings of the War Years
After two centuries of peace the record turns dark, and right around then Maya monuments begin telling stories about kings. The Early Classic rulers of Tikal and their neighbors, set beside Mormon's account.
The Final Nephite Wars
In AD 360 a new king took the throne of Tikal, and Mormon received word that the Lamanites were coming back. A quarter century of war, set against the Maya monuments of those same years.
Cumorah
Mormon asked to gather his people by a hill called Cumorah. On the Pasión River Model the land of Cumorah lies across northern Belize, and the authors argue that this one land saw a remarkable amount of history, from the Jaredites' first landing to the Nephites' last stand.
The Jaredites: Barges to Belize
Where did Jared's barges land after crossing the great deep? On this model the first landing points to the southwest shore of Chetumal Bay in northern Belize.
Shiz and Coriantumr
The Jaredite nation comes apart in a war of rival kings, traced across the map from the Mirador Basin to the last battle at Ramah, and the last survivor's meeting with the people of Zarahemla. The series closes where it began: none of it is proof; evidence like this can only point.