Posted on 11/29/2018 3:27:03 AM PST by BenLurkin
The airburst "in an instant, devastated approximately 500 km2 [about 200 square miles] immediately north of the Dead Sea, not only wiping out 100 percent of the [cities] and towns, but also stripping agricultural soils from once-fertile fields and covering the eastern Middle Ghor with a super-heated brine of Dead Sea anhydride salts pushed over the landscape by the event's frontal shock waves," the researchers wrote in the abstract for a paper that was presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting held in Denver Nov. 14 to 17. Anhydride salts are a mix of salt and sulfates.
"Based upon the archaeological evidence, it took at least 600 years to recover sufficiently from the soil destruction and contamination before civilization could again become established in the eastern Middle Ghor," they wrote. Among the places destroyed was Tall el-Hammam, an ancient city that covered 89 acres (36 hectares) of land.
The only naturally occurring event capable of causing such an unusual pattern of destruction, Silvia said, is a cosmic airburst — something that has occurred occasionally throughout Earth's history, such as the explosion in 1908 at Tunguska in Siberia.
Also, archaeological excavations and surveys at other towns within the impacted area suggest a sudden wipeout of life around 3,700 years ago, Silvia said. So far, no craters have been found nearby, and it's unclear whether the culprit was a meteor or comet that exploded above the ground.
The fact that only 200 square miles of land was destroyed indicates that the airburst occurred at a low altitude, possibly not more than 3,280 feet (1 km) above the ground said Silvia. In comparison, the Tunguska airburst heavily damaged 830 square miles, or 2,150 square kilometersof land.
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Interesting how the Bible got this one right.
She should marry a guy named Joe Fghij.
"Cosmic Airburst, Better Than Popol Vuh"
Dr. Collins is who I am studying under for my Masters. He is a very interesting man.
Fire and sulphur from the sky... centered on the supposed location of Sodom and Gomorrah... at roughly when Sodom and Gomorrah supposedly were destroyed... peripheral areas coated in anhydride salts...
The salting of the land by the shockwave from this cosmic airburst might tend to lend credence to the Biblical account of Lot’s wife, she lagged behind when they were fleeing Sodom, she looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
In my next life, I want to be an archeologist.
Maybe you'll finally find yourself...
4L8R
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