Fire and Brimstone: A Giant Space Rock Demolished an Ancient Middle Eastern City and Everyone in It

https://scitechdaily.com ^ | September 27, 2021 | By CHRISTOPHER R. MOORE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

[SamuraiScot]

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom.

Actually, we know what inspired the Biblical story of Sodom. Why do you think they call it . . .

[null and void]

That really *is* a great name for a band.

As would be Shadow Band...

[bunkerhill7]

What goes up must come down. When Santorini blew up 23 miles into the sky in 1646-1650 B.C., were there any big pieces that went up and then came down? Coincidental that Crete, Ur, , Sodom and Gomorroa, 13th Dynasty Egypt and Harappan all got wiped out circa 1650. It cannot be by chance that Santorini blew up and an asteroid broke into mutliple airbursts at the same time? The odds are against
such an occurrence. Scientists say an airburst over the Dead Sea 1650 B.C. occurred. Is this a chunk of the Santorini volcano going up 23 miles, coming back down over these places and causing airbursts? The chunk the was blasted out of Santorini was 5 miles wide and 10 miles long. Ur, Giza, Harrapan, etc are all in the same eastern arc path...
Thatsa bigga meat ball!

[Hebrews 11:6]

[bwest]

Quoi?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about 3,600 years ago…”

I was wondering if “their daily business” included bending over and grabbing their ankles.

[Nateman]

...If congress is in session can we call one in

During a State of Union speech would be ideal. The headline afterwards would be 'The State of the Union has been wiped clean'

[grumpygresh]

I thought this would be roughly in the Sodom and Gomorrah metropolitan area.

[Nateman]

Whoop! There it is!

[vetvetdoug]

Just last week a large asteroid passed between the Moon and Earth coming from the direction of the Sun. NASA did not see it until it was between the Moon and Earth.

[Political Junkie Too]

As of September 2021, there are more than 26,000 known near-Earth asteroids and a hundred short-period near-Earth comets. One will inevitably crash into the Earth.

I hope it hits my neighbor's house. He always plays his radio too loud. 🏠^🌠

-PJ

[Salman]

Let's see. The updated scientific version of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

A couple of cities in the ancient near east (we're talking about maybe 10,000 people) get real unlucky in the matter of being in the way of a meteor.

This is of course yet another case of a meaningless horror in an uncaring universe. But their neighbors make up a story about or one of the gods punishing them for something or other (probably hubris) just so the universe can make some sense.

A few centuries later, some Only One God homophobes wrote down their version of what happened and said it was because those guys were homos.

Right? Right? /smirk

[Delta 21]

[Ancesthntr]

“Actually, we know what inspired the Biblical story of Sodom. Why do you think they call it . . .”

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In reality, that wasn’t their greatest sin - it was lack of charity for the downtrodden. They were incredibly selfish, to the point where they murdered a girl in an unusual way for giving food to a poor man. Genesis 18:21 https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8213/showrashi/true/jewish/Chapter-18.htm#lt=primary See the commentary by Rashi and the translation of the words by other sages.

Note that at that point in time, there was no Ten Commandments and no Hebrew Bible, in which the prohibition against “a man laying with another man as a woman” was first stated.

[TChad]

SMOD ping.

[Dave911]

Don’t piss off God. Keep that in mind LA, New York, Chicago, etc., etc.

[madison10]

I went back and checked, it mentioned Jericho and sG

[Honest Nigerian]

Also, there has never been an archaeological discovery which has disproved events recorded in the Bible. NEVER.
That is a very impressive fact.
Keep that in mind when someone tries to use science to refute God’s Word.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, no ping, because, well look (and I think there are at least three more new ones):

• Sodom and Gomorrah? Evidence That a Cosmic Impact Destroyed a Biblical City in the Jordan Valley [09/23/2021]
• World's longest salt cave discovered in Israel (near pillar named "Lot's wife") [03/28/2019]
• Sodom, Pontius Pilate, and archaeology [12/28/2018]
• Archeologists: Sodom and Gomorrah literally destroyed by fire and brimstone falling from the sky [12/11/2018]
• Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago [11/29/2018]
• Scientists: 'superheated blast from the sky' destroyed Dead Sea cities, pointing to Sodom in Bible [11/28/2018]
• Evidence of Sodom? Meteor blast cause of biblical destruction, say scientists [11/22/2018]
• City of Sodom Discovered: Archeological find gives insight into story of destruction [10/18/2015]
• Have archaeologists discovered the biblical city of Sodom? [10/14/2015]
• Archaeologists claim to have found ancient city of Sodom (and Gomorrah) [10/11/2015]
• Archaeologist Believes Remains of Sodom's Fiery Destruction Have Been Found [10/07/2015]
• Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land [10/03/2015]
• Possible site of ancient Sodom yields more finds [09/29/2015]
• A Dry Dead Sea Before Biblical Times [12/16/2011]
• Exciting New Archaeological Evidence Uncovered Could be the Site of Biblical Sodom [12/14/2011]
• Researchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah ]03/31/2008]
• Clay tablet holds clue to asteroid mystery [03/30/2008]
• Jordan site may be Biblical city of Sodom [05/10/2006]

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A recently published paper is making the bold claim that there's evidence that an ancient, bronze age city was destroyed by an asteroid air burst. It's got a lot of attention because this is being linked to a story in the Hebrew Bible which is a core text in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. However, many scientists with expertise in the field are unconvinced.

This is the paper in question, published in 'Scientific Reports' the open access side of Nature with lower bar for entry than the flagship publication.

• A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea | Ted E. Bunch, Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, James H. Wittke, T. David Burleigh, Robert E. Hermes, Charles Mooney, Dale Batchelor, Wendy S. Wolbach, Joel Kathan, Gunther Kletetschka, Mark C. L. Patterson, Edward C. Swindel, Timothy Witwer, George A. Howard, Siddhartha Mitra, Christopher R. Moore, Kurt Langworthy, James P. Kennett, Allen West & Phillip J. Silvia | Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 18632 (2021)

There's a related paper from some of the authors talking about another city in a similar location also destroyed by an airburst.

• Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at 2200 °C | Andrew M. T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Ted E. Bunch, James C. Weaver, Malcolm LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, Paul Hackley, Gunther Kletetschka, Robert E. Hermes, James H. Wittke, Joshua J. Razink, Michael W. Gaultois & Allen West | Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 4185 (2020)

Did An Asteroid Destroy A Biblical City? Take These Claims With a Pillar Of Salt | September 25, 2021 | Scott Manley

[Samurai_Jack]