I disagree. There is mounting evidence to support the Book of Mormon history:
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According to Parley P. Pratt, early critics dismissed the Book of Mormon, saying, "there were no antiquities in America, no ruined cities, buildings, monuments, inscriptions, mounds, or fortifications, to show the existence of such a people as the Book of Mormon described."
Based on this new evidence from the Maya lowlands, these grandiose descriptions are not so far-fetched after all. The details in this story support dozens of verses in the Book of Mormon that describe dense populations, sophisticated economies, road networks, large-scale agriculture, intensive land use, disaster-prone landscapes, and prevalent warfare. Even statements about "the whole face of the land" being covered by people and buildings may have been more than just hyperbole.
These new LiDAR images have revleaed 60,000 previously unknown structures, leading experts to new population estimates as high as 15–20 million for the lowland Maya during the Classic period. This means Maya civilization was much more dense, complex and advanced than previously thought. This is consistent with the situation described by Mormon: "The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea" (
Mormon 1:7). Early Book of Mormon authors made similar descriptions (
Mosiah 27:6;
Jarom 1:8)."
You might want to read the article. There are also plenty of non-LDS articles which state similar things.
I have already posted the article about horses--and barley--which were thought to be non-existent during that time period--but now has evidence to support it.
Wow--how could Joseph Smith have known all that?