Book of Mormon archaeology is the endeavor to find physical evidence of the ancient peoples and societies described in the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a history of three groups of people who migrated from the Middle East to the Americas: the Jaredites, who departed with their language intact at the destruction of the Tower of Babel; the Mulekites, who departed from Jerusalem around 550 B.C. upon the Babylonian invasion; and the Nephites/Lamanites, who departed from Jerusalem just before the Babylonian invasion and destruction of the city. The Nephites/Lamanites, descendents of the tribe of Joseph, are the main focus of the book. The Book of Mormon is meant to be a religious account, a message of Christ's dealings with branches of Israel, but it also contains records of wars and c