Sodom and Gomorrah
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah has long been viewed as a legend. Critics assume that it was created
to communicate moral principles. However, throughout the Bible is
referred to the ruin of the two cities as a historical event. The Old
Testament mentions the destruction of
Along five of these wadies, ancient cities were discovered. The
most northern site is Bab
edh-Drha, which is assumed by many to have been
More digging was done in 1965, 1967, 1973 and 1979. Archaeologists discovered a 23-inch thick wall that circled the city, along with numerous houses and a large temple. Outside the city were huge grave sites where thousands of skeletons were unearthed. This showed the city was well populated during the early Bronze Age, when Abraham lived. Most intriguing was the evidence that a massive fire had destroyed the city. It lay beneath a layer of ash several feet thick. A cemetery only one kilometer (a little more than half a mile) outside the city contained charred remains of roofs, posts, and bricks that had turned red from intense heat.
It is also significant that only five sites have been located
The archaeological world is still divided on the identity of
this location as
 Editor, Hershel Shanks: BAR 06:05 (Sep/Oct 1980). Biblical Archaeology Society, (2002).
 Willmington, H. L.: Willmington's Bible Handbook (1997), page 888.
 The Bible and Spade Summer 1999 (Vol. 12, No. 3) from the Associates for Biblical Research.
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