Archaeology & History

Has the Biblical city of Sodom been found ?

By T.K. Randall
October 14, 2015

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) The exact whereabouts of the city, which in the Bible was said to have been destroyed by God alongside its twin city Gemmorah due to the sinful behavior of its citizens, may have finally been revealed thanks to the discovery of a site in Jordan known as Tall el-Hamaam.

Dating back to between 1,540 and 3,500 BC, the ancient site appears to match descriptions of Sodom in the Bible and would have also been situated upon several Bronze Age trade routes.

"Tall el-Hammam matches the description of the area where Sodom was located according to the Bible," said archaeologist Steven Collins from Trinity Southwestern University in New Mexico."So, I came to the conclusion that if one wanted to find Sodom, one should seek the largest city that existed in this area during the Bronze Age, in the time of Abraham."

The researchers also found evidence that the city was abandoned in the distant past following the occurrence of some sort of natural disaster - most likely an earthquake.

"It became an uninhabited wasteland for over 700 years but then, after those seven centuries, it started to flourish again – as indicated by the huge iron gate that leads into the city," said Collins.

Source: IB Times

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