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As we continue our series on theories of Sodom's location, a very prominent archaeological site known as Tall el-Hammam needs to be addressed more fully.

This site located to the northeast of the Dead Sea has been proposed by archaeologist, Dr. Steven Collins, and others to be the remains of Sodom, the most prominent of Cities of the Plain destroyed in the book of Genesis.

In this episode Tim and Dr. Collins take a deep dive into the evidence he and his team have uncovered at the site during their many dig seasons. The two also discuss the raging debate surrounding Tall el-Hammam's identification as Sodom as it relates to geography, chronology, and interpretation of the archaeological finds.

LINK TO PAPER ABOUT POTENTIAL AIRBURST EVIDENCE AT TALL EL-HAMMAM
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3

NOTE: To keep our audience informed, please also see the article by Jaret and Harris disputing the evidence for an airburst event. If correct, this could imply Tall el-Hammam was destroyed by an enemy attack, which some archaeologists have argued is the case, rather than by a meteorite airburst. Of interest is that, if the Exodus and Conquest happened near the end of the Middle Bronze Age as some scholars have suggested and as presented in our first film, Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, the destruction of Tall el-Hammam at this time could potentially be attributed to the Israelite Conquest on the Jordanian side of the tribal allotments.

LINK TO REFUTATION ARTICLE
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8956582/