(RNS) — It was precisely at this season in 1938. It was the day after Kristallnacht, “the night of broken glass,” when Nazis rampaged through Germany and Austria, destroying Jewish homes, businesses ...
Already in the Bronze Age, Tell-el-Hammam in what is now Jordan was one of the first flourishing ancient metropolises. There has been much speculation as to whether this city could have been the ...
Archaeologists excavating near Jordan's southeastern Dead Sea have uncovered evidence that may link the biblical 'sin cities' to real historical sites. The discoveries include Sodom at Bab edh-Dhra ...
New research suggests that Sodom and Gomorrah, two biblical towns known as sin cities, were razed to the ground by a meteor "cloudburst" that incinerated all 8,000 inhabitants The researchers believe ...
Water from the red lagoon just inside the Jordanian border is being sampled by workers from Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrigation to determine the cause of the unsettling phenomenon which is as ...
New research suggests that the ancient Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hamman, in modern-day Jordan, was destroyed by a meteor—and that the catastrophic event could have inspired the Bible’s tale of Sodom ...
As the story opens, Abraham (or Abram, as he is initially called) is a mere teenager. But as he grows into manhood, it becomes clear that God has important plans for him. "You are a righteous man," ...
Could the biblical story that recounts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah be based on a natural apocalypse that occurred around the Dead Sea in the Middle East? The Book of Genesis contains some of ...
ISRAELI researchers studying an ancient salt cave linked to the Old Testament’s tale of Sodom and Gomorrah have made a history-changing discovery. Malham Salt Cave near the southern tip of Israel’s ...