BIBLICAL CITY
THE SITE OF SODOM DISCOVERED ON PLAIN OF JOIIDAN. Pras Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. JERUSALEM, December'3l. The Pontifical Biblical Institute’s excavations have resulted in the discovery of the site of Sodom, one of , the Cities of the Plain mentioned in Genesis. The remains are situated in the eastern plain of Jordan, approximately five miles north of the Dead Sea, and they contain pottery and other articles, showing that the city,was built in the early bronze age, and is therefore more ancient than Jericho, but was possessed of an advaheed type of civilisation. The excavations prove that the city was destroyed by a great fire, and was not inhabited.
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Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 10
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108BIBLICAL CITY Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 10
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