The Brother of Jared (not named in the text, but later referred to as "Mahonri Moriancumer" by Joseph Smith) is also a significant character.
Jared's group, the ancestors of the Jaredites, were guided through the wilderness by God, and then fled across the ocean on unusual barges and established an ancient civilization in the Americas.
[3] The Book of Ether's mention of a "narrow neck of land" has led some to posit various locations for their point of arrival.
The Dominican friar Diego Durán (1537–1588) reported hearing an account about the pyramid from a hundred-year-old priest at Cholula, shortly after the conquest of Mexico.
The story was not related to either a flood or the confusion of languages, although Frazer connects its construction and the scattering of the giants with the Tower of Babel.