A Massive Meteor May Have Destroyed The Biblical City Of Sodom

3,600 Years ago, a 50-Meter-Wide Meteor Exploded in the Sky and Destroyed a City Near the Dead Sea

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Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed ancient city (Tall el-Hammam) in the Jordan Valley. (The explosion was similar to the Tunguska Event, a roughly 12-megaton airburst. It may have inspired the Biblical story of Sodom.)