Posted on 12/16/2010 7:09:39 AM PST by marshmallow
Russia and Jordan have signed an agreement to search the bottom of the Dead Sea for the remains of the Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Arabic news media reported over the weekend. According to the report, a Russian company has agreed to conduct the search in cooperation with Jordanian authorities, picking up all costs – in exchange for exclusive rights to film a documentary of the search. The report quoted one of the Jordanian heads of the project, Zia Madani, as saying that the search would begin in late December.
The Russian company that was chosen as a partner for the search has special underwater exploration equipment that can stand up to the extreme salinity of the Dead Sea, the reports said.
Biblical archaeologists have several theories as to where the Sodom and its associated cities were located. According to the Torah, G-d overturned Sodom, Gomorrah, and three other cities because of their degeneration, sin and iniquity, turning a once fertile plain into a stark wasteland. Abraham, who prayed for the cities, was unable to prevent G-d from mandating their destruction. Archaeologists and geologists have suggested that a major earthquake or meteor storm might have been the means by which it occurred. Research has centered on the area around the Dead Sea, and the modern city of Sodom, and nearby Mount Sodom, which is made almost completely of rock salt, is considered the most likely site of the ancient cities.
However, some archaeological evidence has emerged that indicates that the site could be on the east bank of the Dead Sea, with two sites in Jordan - Bab edh-Dhra, and Numeira, both considered viable candidates. The Jordanian-Russian search will center on Bab edh-Dhra, which also has several Christian monuments.
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Good luck. Not much left of them places.
Magog drilling in Gog.
Silly Russians, they are looking in the wrong place, I think they need to focus on the West Coast of the USA, they would have much better luck there ;)
S&G have moved. Pelosi represents them now in congress.
(what DID they do in Gomorrah, anyway?)
They need to go to San Francisco.
beat me by 27 seconds!
When Amsterdam is so much closer to them?
What a waste of a trip.
The Russians had to ask for outside help diving on their own sunken submarine (Kursk) which was in relativly shallow water and off their largest navel base.
If Lot and his family was the best of the best to be saved from S&G it must have been a really bad place. Before they fled they had time to gather up their wine and Lot with his daughters escaped to a cave where they got the old man drunk so they could have sex with him.
They have not heard about San Francisco.
Everybody knows where Sodom and Gomorrah is - it’s right across the street from Talladega Superspeedway twice a year! Awesome camping...leave the kids at home :-)
Why would the Russians be so interested in this? Searching for God’s own weapons grade material?
Not to mention the wife just couldn’t resist looking back
and is Amman the capital of Jordan named for or from the Ammonites who descended from Lot’s rape (he was purposely incapacitated so as to become compliant) by his daughter
There are salt cliff formations on the southern Dead Sea referred to as the pillars of Lot
Lot may or may not have been a good man. But Lot was considered Righteous by God because of Lot’s faith in God.
I like that the biblical heroes are all sinners. Adam disobeyed in the garden, Noah got drunk, Abraham doubted God and fornicated and then kicked the woman and their child out of his home, David committed adultery and murder and God afterward called David a man after God’s on heart, Peter denied Christ on the cross yet Jesus called him brother immediately afterward, Paul ran around killing Christians until his conversion yet God chose Paul as His spokesman, etc.
It helps put into perspective that God really does forgive sin, when you place your faith in Him.
Yup, ask any incarcerated thug and he will tell ya, he’s going to heaven because as long as he believes in God, he’s going to heaven no matter what sins he commits.They will tell you as long as they pray and ask for forgiveness all will be well because by nature they are sinners from the getgo and God will forgive all sinners. Trust me, many of them believe this to be true.
I’d recommend they look in San Francisco and New York instead.
Is Pootie Poot looking for a Holiday home to spend some time with his girl from Russian Vougeski??
Mount Sodom
[juvenile snicker]
Colonel, USAFR
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