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  2. Sodom and Gomorrah - Wikipedia

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    Sodom and Gomorrah, or the "cities of the plain", have been used historically and in modern discourse as metaphors for homosexuality, and are the origin of the English words sodomite, a pejorative term for male homosexuals, "sod", a British vulgar slang term for male homosexuals, and sodomy, which is used in a legal context under the label ...

  3. Tell el-Hammam - Wikipedia

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    The theory is presented in conjunction with the claim that the site may be the source of the biblical story of the destruction of Sodom. Others raised doubts about the claim [ 24 ] and showed that the authors altered some of the images used as evidence. [ 25 ]

  4. Mount Sodom - Wikipedia

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    Mount Sodom (Hebrew: הר סדום, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve. [1] It takes its name from the biblical city of Sodom , whose destruction is the subject of a narrative in the Bible.

  5. Lot's wife - Wikipedia

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    Lot's wife (center) turned into a pillar of salt during Sodom's destruction (Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. [3] A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. [4]

  6. Numeira - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] This is 200 years earlier than the current assumed date for the destruction of Sodom. [10] Excavations indicate Numeira was a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) walled settlement, though it may have been twice the size we see today. [11] Though only 30% of the site was excavated (c. 1500 m 2) between 1979 and 1983. [12]

  7. Tumbling Dice - AOL

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    A pastor friend has framed the situation as such: While Old Testament God, the fiery vindicator, obliterated cities of sin Sodom and Gomorrah with sudden acts of nature, patient New Testament God ...

  8. Bab edh-Dhra - Wikipedia

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    Proponents of the Southern Sodom theory have put forward various hypotheses to explain the causes of its abandonment. Rast suggested an earthquake or an external attack. [ 6 ] Bitumen and petroleum deposits have been found in the area, which contain sulfur and natural gas (as such deposits normally do), and one theory suggests that a pocket of ...

  9. Rep. Louie Gohmert Compares FBI Office To Sin Cities 'Sodom ...

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