There is ample physical evidence documenting the location of both ancient and modern Nahom. The place Nahom was a burial site prior to Lehi’s leaving Jerusalem, and it still exists today. “‘Nahom’ was already the name of the area where his father-in-law, Ishmael, was buried. … It was natural and appropriate to mention the tribal place-name in recording and recalling the death and burial that took place there. At just the right location to link directionally to and access the place that they would call ‘Bountiful,’ the rare name NHM still exists today and is now firmly documented back through the centuries to before Nephi’s day” (Aston, “History of NaHoM,” 94).