Around 1700 BC, Tell el-Hammam was suddenly destroyed when every site northeast of the Dead Sea went belly up simultaneously. All surrounding civilizations were thriving at the time — not in collapse. This regional-scale catastrophe struck at the height of Bronze Age prosperity.
Radiocarbon dating confirms 1700 BC destruction date
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Key facts
- Radiocarbon dating places the destruction at approximately 1700 BC
- Over 100 radiocarbon dates from across the site confirm this date
- The event occurred when all surrounding civilizations were thriving, not collapsed
- Every site in the Kikar region northeast of the Dead Sea went destroyed simultaneously in 1700 BC
Sources
Tell el-Hammam - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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Tunguska-Sized Impact Destroyed Jordan Valley City 3,670 Years Agosci.news
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Uncovering the Biblical City of Sodom | ArmstrongInstitute.orgarmstronginstitute.org
The date of Tall el-Hammam's destruction has been a major point of contention. ... Generally speaking, Tall el-Hammam was destroyed within the 18th to 17th ...
A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle ...zenodo.org
Excavations reveal that more than 12 m of a palace complex and a massive mudbrick rampart were leveled, and widespread fatalities occurred, with ...
Dodgy radiocarbon modelling at Tell el-Hammam (not-Sodom)joeroe.io
A recent paper in the Nature Group's Scientific Reports claimed that Tell el-Hammam, a prehistoric site in Jordan, was destroyed by a “Tunguska-sized airburst” ...
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