Photo. The site where some people believe that Sodaomma and Gomorra were located in ancient time. These cities were located near the Red Sea. © Travel Explorations.
For the unnatural sins of their inhabitants Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim were destroyed by "brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven", from the Bible; Genesis 13:13; 18:20; 19:24, 29; Hosea 11:8.
Steven Collins, dean of the College of Archaeology and Biblical History at Albuquerque's Trinity Southwest University, and his group spent several weeks last winter excavating Tall el-Hammam, a site in Jordan he believes fits the profile of Sodom. He has committed to working there for seven seasons.
| Photo. Another view of the site where some people believe that Sodaomma and Gomorra were located in ancient time. © Travel Explorations. | 
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Collins said research, indicates that Sodom would be the southernmost city in a group of two cities and at least three villages because of the order the Bible lists them. Collins said it would also be the largest city because the Bible sometimes mentions it without naming other towns at the same time.
Photo. Lot`s cave in Jordan near the Read Sea. In Genesis Chapter 13 says Abraham, the father of the nation of Israel, and his nephew, Lot, were in the area of the cities of Bethel and Ai, 10 miles north of Jerusalem, when Lot moved east on the Plain of the Jordan and pitched his tent as far as Sodom. |  |
Collins considers his field of biblical archaeology as a means to prove the Bible is real. Finding Sodom would provide an opportunity to demonstrate the historical authenticity of the most doubted part of the Bible, he said.
Stein Morten Lund, 5 July 2006
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