Layard Tablet

[ewx]

Since it seems to be quiet today... Clay tablet identified as asteroid that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

Well, sort of. Other articles suggest that geologists date the Köfels landslide to 8-9K years ago (i.e. well before the Sumerians) and the connection to the story in Genesis 19 appears to be completely speculative.

Comments

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

It seems a bit odd that an event that squashed an equivalent area to France + Germany would be recorded in terms of a couple of cities.

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

Think of it as the Old Testament equivalent of The Telegraph.

"Europe Devastated, no Israelites hurt."

[lethargic-man.livejournal.com]

Have you come across The Tabloid Bible (http://lethargic-man.livejournal.com/82959.html)?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

The S+G story isn't really a report, though, is it - there could easily be many hundreds of years between the original historical events (if there were any!) and the written form that's come down to us, and it'd only take one step of that chain being more interested in S+G than any bigger picture that there might have been to narrow the scope, just as details like angels can be added.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

OK, good point.