Researchers modeled a Tunguska-sized cosmic airburst over Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age site in the Jordan Valley in Jordan. The model suggests temperatures of 10,000–20,000 degrees Celsius could have melted mud bricks and other material, sterilized the ground and devastated the city around 1650 BCE without forming a crater. Some researchers identify Tall el-Hammam with the ancient city of Sodom. The findings support an airburst scenario, though the proposed destruction event and Sodom identification remain debated.
Modeling suggests a cosmic airburst may have destroyed Tall el-Hammam in Jordan
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Key facts
- Tall el-Hammam is an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley in Jordan, not Syria.
- Researchers modeled a Tunguska-sized airburst over Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age city destroyed around 1650 BCE.
- The study argues that the airburst's heat and shock waves could account for the site's destruction without forming a crater.
- Evidence reported at the site included melted mud bricks, pottery and other material.
- Some researchers have identified Tall el-Hammam with the biblical city of Sodom, but that identification is debated.
- The modeled airburst temperatures reached approximately 10,000–20,000 degrees Celsius, high enough to melt materials and sterilize the affected ground.
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