Eight Figurines From Fag el-Gamous, Egypt Interpreting Style and Function in Relation to the Culture of the Graeco-Roman Fayoum

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Aubrey Young and Dr. David Whitchurch, Ancient Scripture Introduction Ongoing archaeological evidence provides scholars new opportunities to glean information to better understand the history of Roman Egypt. In 1981, Brigham Young University began excavating a site in Egypt locally referred to as Fag el-Gamous (“Way of the Water Buffalo”) which, to date, has resulted in […]

The Savior in LDS Sermons

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Joseph R. Stuart and Dr. J. Spencer Fluhman: History Department, Humanities My research concerned the apostolic teachings in the General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-­‐day Saints from 1951-­‐2007. Specifically, I was searching for evidence that the Church has always been Christ-­‐centric in its official teachings. Christ was certainly in present, in […]

Elaine Cannon Papers

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Melissa Kotter and Dr. Mary Jane Woodger, Church History and Doctrine The Elaine Cannon Papers project involved deep research through primary sources (Elaine Cannon’s journals and papers) about Elaine Cannon’s life. Once the research is completed, a proposal for a biography appearing in Richard Turley’s Women of Faith in the Latter Days volumes will be […]

The Use of Diacritical Marks in our Earliest New Testament Papyri

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Alan Taylor Farnes and Dr. Thomas Wayment, Religious Education I unfortunately was not able to complete this specific research project on diacritical marks but rather applied these funds to my honors thesis. Therefore, my report will focus on the results and experiences of my honors thesis which also had a substantial mentoring element from Dr. […]

Kirtland School House

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Caitlin Daniels and Dr. Dennis Wright, Religious Education The Kirtland school house restored by the LDS Church was built by studying the building’s history using historical records and research. However, little research was done into how the school operated during its time. Throughout the project, we collected and analyzed primary and secondary research concerning the […]

The Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society and Its Effect on the Faith of the Latter-Day Saints

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Jordan Bell and Dr. Richard Bennett, Church History and Doctrine Our research suggests that though the late Kirtland period was very difficult for the faith of the Latter-Day Saints, a large majority continued to identify with the Church through the Nauvoo period. Significant numbers eventually gathered with the Saints in Utah.1 On December 2nd, 1836, […]

Preserving BYU’s Ancient Papyri, Parchments, and Ostraca

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Joseph Trevor Antley and Dr. Lincoln Blumell, Ancient Scripture Currently approximately 80% of the hundreds of ancient papyrus, parchment, and ostracon fragments contained in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library have been successfully preserved by myself and the others who worked on this project with me, ensuring that these […]

Guide to Estonian Jewish Genealogy

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Patrick Monson and Professor Thom Edlund, Cataloging I am from Bountiful, Utah. I am majoring in Family History-Genealogy. During the 2011 Spring Term, I worked at the Estonian Historical Archives in Tartu, Estonia, and the Estonian Jewish Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. At the Archives, my major responsibility was to translate Hebrew documents into Estonian. I […]

a Testimony in Art and Artifacts: the Paul Chesman Exhibit

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Nathan Whetten and Drs. Marti Allen, Anthropology and Alan Parrish, Religion The subject of my project was former BYU professor Dr. Paul Cheesman and his collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts. During Dr. Cheesman’s collecting years there was significant numbers of collectors, with many different goals. Many collections were made for museums, or by archaeologists, or by […]