Comparative Biographies of Warren Aston, Discoverer of Nahom
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:12 am
From Meridian Magazine:
Warren Aston is a writer currently based in Brisbane, Australia. He travels extensively pursuing research interests and trying to keep up with his six children and, so far, sixteen grandchildren. His work has been featured in the Ensign, New Era, BYU Studies Quarterly and in CES teachers manuals. Many of his articles have been published by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU . His most recent book is Lehi & Sariah in Arabia: The Old World Setting of the Book of Mormon (due for release this year). Each year he also leads a tour that retraces Lehi’s journey from Jerusalem to Bountiful. He can be reached at astonwarren@hotmail.com.
From the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship:
Warren P. Aston is an independent researcher whose studies at the University of Queensland, Australia focused on Islam, world religions, and archaeology. His ongoing explorations in Yemen and Oman since 1984 have helped lay the foundation for a better understanding of Lehi’s journey across Arabia. He is the author or coauthor of many studies, including In the Footsteps of Lehi (1994) and Lehi and Sariah in Arabia: The Old World Origins of the Book of Mormon (2015)
Book of Mormon Central:
Warren Aston was the archaeologist of Nahom, the purported place where Ishmael was buried.
From Mormon Scholars Testify:
No entry.
From Amazon.com:
Warren Aston is a New Zealand born explorer, researcher and author currently based in Brisbane, Australia. With interests including archaeology, UFOs, world religions, crypto-zoology and photography he travels widely. He has lectured on his findings at universities in the US, UK and Australia.
Warren regularly leads several exclusive tours across the Middle East through his tour company, Bountiful Tours. They include a tour that retraces the journey from Jerusalem to Bountiful (Israel, Jordan, Yemen and Oman) recounted as the primary migration account in the Book of Mormon, and more focused tours to Oman, Saudi Arabia and the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean.
He is the father of six children.
Warren can be contacted at astonwarren@hotmail.com
Warren Aston is a writer currently based in Brisbane, Australia. He travels extensively pursuing research interests and trying to keep up with his six children and, so far, sixteen grandchildren. His work has been featured in the Ensign, New Era, BYU Studies Quarterly and in CES teachers manuals. Many of his articles have been published by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU . His most recent book is Lehi & Sariah in Arabia: The Old World Setting of the Book of Mormon (due for release this year). Each year he also leads a tour that retraces Lehi’s journey from Jerusalem to Bountiful. He can be reached at astonwarren@hotmail.com.
From the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship:
Warren P. Aston is an independent researcher whose studies at the University of Queensland, Australia focused on Islam, world religions, and archaeology. His ongoing explorations in Yemen and Oman since 1984 have helped lay the foundation for a better understanding of Lehi’s journey across Arabia. He is the author or coauthor of many studies, including In the Footsteps of Lehi (1994) and Lehi and Sariah in Arabia: The Old World Origins of the Book of Mormon (2015)
Book of Mormon Central:
Warren Aston was the archaeologist of Nahom, the purported place where Ishmael was buried.
From Mormon Scholars Testify:
No entry.
From Amazon.com:
Warren Aston is a New Zealand born explorer, researcher and author currently based in Brisbane, Australia. With interests including archaeology, UFOs, world religions, crypto-zoology and photography he travels widely. He has lectured on his findings at universities in the US, UK and Australia.
Warren regularly leads several exclusive tours across the Middle East through his tour company, Bountiful Tours. They include a tour that retraces the journey from Jerusalem to Bountiful (Israel, Jordan, Yemen and Oman) recounted as the primary migration account in the Book of Mormon, and more focused tours to Oman, Saudi Arabia and the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean.
He is the father of six children.
Warren can be contacted at astonwarren@hotmail.com