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Monday, 28 October 2019: “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare”

Monday, 28 October 2019: “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare”

Last updated on: October 20, 2019 at 7:55 pm by Dan Peterson

Monday, 28 October 2019: “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare” 2019-10-20T19:55:04-06:00 Dan Peterson

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The poster for next week’s lecture

From Book of Mormon Central, regarding a lecture to be given on the Brigham Young University campus on Monday, 28 October 2019:

“Dr. Stephen Houston Speaking on Mayan Warfare at BYU”

Although he is not and has never been a Latter-day Saint, Professor Houston taught at BYU from 1994-2004, before joining the faculty at Brown University. I had occasional interactions with him during that time, and I was privileged to look over one or two Mesoamerican sites with him while I made a brief visit to Mexico and Guatemala many years ago. He is an extraordinary scholar and a very decent fellow.

I hope that some of you will be able to attend his presentation of the inaugural John L. Sorenson Lecture, for which the chosen title is “Recovering a Lost World: The LiDAR Revolution and Ancient Maya Warfare.” I myself will, unfortunately, be unable to attend.

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I like to be of help, and so, whenever I see a story that some of my readers might be able to include in their Christopher Hitchens Memorial “How Religion Poisons Everything” File, I share it. Here’s one such:

“Latter-day Saint leaders lend support in humanitarian effort and meet government leaders in Texas and Arizona: When 48,000 asylum seekers needed help, a coalition of 40 churches, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, came to their aid.”

And here is an overlapping story:

“Apostles of Jesus Christ Minister in Southwest United States: Elder Rasband visits Arizona, Elder Soares travels to Texas”

I saw some discussion a few days ago about supposed anti-Catholicism among current Latter-day Saints and their leaders, so the account of Elder Soares’s visit to Texas was especially welcome.

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There is an explicit Latter-day Saint connection here, but I have resolved not to comment. I simply pass on links to two articles that I believe some of this blog’s readers will find interesting:

“Trump’s Court Artist: Jon McNaughton once painted landscapes and religious scenes. Now he’s focused on reverently depicting the Trump era for future generations.”

“Might even ‘Trump’s Court Artist’ (per The Atlantic) have a sense of humor?”

And here is another LDS-related art story. A rather curious one:

“A Massive Sculpture of an African American Last Supper, Hidden for Years, Has Been Discovered in Columbia Heights: Joy Zinoman found quite a surprise when work began on Studio Acting Conservatory’s new building.”

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Finally, here’s a link to a book review by Stephen Smoot. I expect that some out there will find this worthwhile and will perhaps want to go on, as I hope to do, to read the book itself:

“Review: New Book Explores How the Book of Mormon Counters Anti-Semitism”

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