Archaeologists Confirm The Discovery Of Biblical City Of Sodom In Jordan [Video]

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By : Amando Flavio

Archaeologists working in Jordan have confirmed that they have discovered the famous biblical city of Sodom, which the Bible said was destroyed by God with fire due to the sins of the people living in it around the Middle Bronze Age.

The city was discovered at a site known as the Tall el-Hammam in the southern Jordanian River Valley, about 14 kilometers northeast of the Dead Sea.

The excavation work was led by Professor Steven Collins of Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

Many scientists believe the story of Sodom and Gomorra found in the Bible is a mythology but the seemingly mysterious demise of all the other Jordan Disk sites toward the end of the Middle Bronze Age, followed by an occupational hiatus of at least five centuries has brought scientists to the conclusion that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah could be true and that the cities could have suffered a catastrophic destruction. The Jordan Disk is a 25-kilometer diameter circle of the Jordan Valley, north of the Dead Sea.

In the past, there have been many speculations about the locations of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 13-19) and the so-called “Cities of the Plain,” but their location and identification have remained elusive in the minds of some scholars.

According to Sky News, Tall el-Hammam dates back between 3500 and 1540 BC. When the discovery was made, the site was marked by a large mound, meaning the city may have been divided into two between the upper class and the lower class.

Things found at the site included drawings of prostitutes, both heterosexual and homosexual, defensive walls about 10m high and 5m thick, gates, towers, plazas, ramparts, and a Red Palace in the upper city.

Another fact which convinced the archaeologists to believe that they have discovered the city is that the Tall el-Hammam and other sites on the eastern half of the Jordan Disk are located precisely in the geographical area specified for the biblical “Cities of the Jordan Plain”.

According to theologians, this geographical area was documented in both the Bible and Qur’an as the place where Abraham’s nephew, Lot escaped from the destruction that ruined Sodom and Gomorra.

Professor Collins said this confirms that the site is what was described in the Bible. He was quoted as saying “The proofs that we found here confirm what the Bible says. I know many people doubt the validity of the Bible as a scientific source, but this proves it does have a lot of value’’

The World News Daily reports that the discovery proved that the city was destroyed by some sort of violent seismic or volcanic disaster.

Professor Collins emphasized that the textual and material evidence from the site clearly point to the fact that the Bible is a reliable source for history and that it will be unfair for the book to be put aside when discussing scientific prove regarding the two cities.

“It is intellectually dishonest to dismiss the Bible as a site-selection parameter. There is no doubt that the Bible remains one of the best ancient geographical texts available to archaeologists and historians. And particular interest is generated in certain sites because of potential biblical connections. We have searched for a specific location using the texts as a base, and we have proven that it was right. This is reality”, Professor Collins said.

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