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The cairn burial (or tumulus tomb), that dated to the Early Bronze Age III (2650-2300 BCE), was the latest burial form found at the site. [21] They were above-ground circular tombs made from mudbrick (circular charnel houses) in which were found evidence of various mortuary practices.
Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin. In the Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah (/ ˈ s ɒ d ə m /; / ɡ ə ˈ m ɒr ə /) were two cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. [1] Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28).
Jerome: " Because to the men of Sodom and Gomorrah no man had ever preached; but this city had been preached to and had rejected the Gospel." [3]Saint Remigius: "Or because the men of Sodom and Gomorrah were hospitable among their sensuality, but they had never entertained such strangers as the Apostles."
[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]
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]
There is also no archaeological evidence to corroborate the stories of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the mass exodus of the Israelites from Egypt reported in the Book of Exodus. Although scholars believe that a small group did escape from Egypt; however, they were not Israelites but, rather, Canaanite slaves.
Lut's messages were ignored by the inhabitants, prompting Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction. Though Lut left the city, his wife was asked to be left behind by angels hence died during the destruction. [26] The Quran defines Lot as a prophet, and holds that all prophets were examples of moral and spiritual rectitude.
Pettinato, in a meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in St. Louis on October 29, 1976, said that he had identified the names of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Zoar/Bela in the Ebla tablets, locations which are known from Genesis 14 of the Hebrew Bible. [4] He repeated this claim in a speech in December [5] and a survey article in 1977. [4]