Word: sodom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ashen remnants of what seemed likely to be the fabulous and diabolical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were unearthed last week near the Dead Sea by the expedition of the Rome Pontifical and Biblical Institute. This startling rumor, tinder to adepts in yellow journalism, was disposed of by the sedate, scrupulous New York Times in three brief paragraphs on an inside page. The headline...
City of Sin? Sodom, so wicked that the Lord rained brimstone and fire upon it, was thought found by Father Mallon of the Pontifical Bible Institute of Jerusalem, on the plains of Jordan. A few vases, flint instruments, broken pottery, the ruins of an ancient wall were found, all covered with a thick layer of ashes. The evidence pointed to inhabitancy during the Bronze...