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