History News: Sodom meteor, Viking Patara, and more!

[Venusian Broon]

Still, our solar system leaves a huge lot of questions still to be answered. We probably truly understand not a lot of what was really happening during its formation?

Yeah, there's absolutely loads of debate. The main issue is the lack of clear definitive evidence. We're dealing now with the vestiges of billions of years old collisions and interactions. And, well, it's usually not enough, because with only a few data points, you can postulate a number of different scenarios that might have given the same result.

Just have a look at the various attempts to try and explain how the Moon formed on Wikipedia!

 

[Harpo]

Ancient City's Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom

Around 1650 B.C.E., the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam was wiped out by a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[Brian G Turner]

Yes, I just came across that again - here are the researchers themselves on it:

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom

New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago.

theconversation.com

 

[RJM Corbet]

Ancient City's Destruction by Exploding Space Rock May Have Inspired Biblical Story of Sodom

Around 1650 B.C.E., the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam was wiped out by a blast 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima

www.smithsonianmag.com

Yes, I just came across that again - here are the researchers themselves on it:

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom

New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago.

theconversation.com

Quick way to go ...

 

[Elckerlyc]

If indeed it was as the researchers claim. Scott Manley is not convinced:
Did An Asteroid Destroy A Biblical City? Take These Claims With a Pillar Of Salt

 

[RJM Corbet]

If indeed it was as the researchers claim. Scott Manley is not convinced:
Did An Asteroid Destroy A Biblical City? Take These Claims With a Pillar Of Salt

I believe him. Thanks for posting this