Around 1650 BCE—about 3,700 years ago—Tall el-Hammam has a Middle Bronze Age destruction layer with burned debris and human remains. The cause is not established. The video argues that a Tunguska-like cosmic airburst destroyed the site and that it was Sodom, citing shocked quartz, microdiamonds, melted metals and platinum/iridium spherules. The 2021 Scientific Reports paper advancing that interpretation has been retracted. The “1,000 Hiroshima bombs” yield, Dead Sea salt poisoning, abandonment of more than 100 settlements and 600-year dead zone were claims within that disputed interpretation, not confirmed findings. The identification with Sodom also remains unproven.
Video claims cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam; 2021 study retracted
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Key facts
- Tall el-Hammam's Middle Bronze Age destruction horizon dates to roughly 1650 BCE, about 3,700 years ago.
- Excavations document burned debris and human remains, but this evidence does not establish a cosmic cause.
- A 2021 Scientific Reports paper argued for a Tunguska-like airburst and linked Tall el-Hammam with Sodom. That article has since been retracted.
- The paper reported shocked quartz, microdiamonds, melted metals and platinum/iridium spherules, but their interpretation as impact evidence remains disputed.
- The figure of more than 1,000 Hiroshima bombs was an estimate attached to the proposed airburst, not a measured blast yield. Claims about salt poisoning, more than 100 abandoned settlements and a 600-year dead zone likewise belong to the disputed interpretation.
- The identification of Tall el-Hammam with the biblical Sodom remains unproven.
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A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle ...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We present evidence that in ~ 1650 BCE (~ 3600 years ago), a cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle-Bronze-Age city in the southern Jordan Valley ...
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(The Tunguska event is said to have been caused by what would have been the largest asteroid to hit the Earth; the asteroid instead exploded in ...
Study Suggests That A Tunguska Sized Explosion Destroyed A City ...forbes.com
An archeological dig uncovered evidence suggesting a cosmic impact destroyed the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam in the Jordan Valley.
Modeling how a Powerful Airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a ...scienceopen.com
A low-altitude airburst approximately 3600 years ago destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle-Bronze-Age city northeast of the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan.
Modeling how a Powerful Airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a ...researchnow.flinders.edu.au
A previous study presented evidence supporting the hypothesis that a low-altitude airburst approximately 3600 years ago destroyed Tall el-Hammam ...
Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed ancient city in the ...phys.org
"There's evidence of a large cosmic airburst, close to this city called Tall el-Hammam," Kennett said of an explosion similar to the Tunguska ...
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Discredited air burst claim. edit. In September 2021, a group of researchers ... "RETRACTED ARTICLE: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a ...
A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam ...nature.com
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