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Sodom and Gomorrah

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Series using science to solve riddles of the ancient past. Were the Bible's Sodom and Gomorrah real cities, destroyed by a landslide caused by an earthquake?

The Bible describes how Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in a storm of fire and brimstone. Could the inspiration for this story come from a natural apocalypse around the Dead Sea in the Middle East? Science tests out the extraordinary geology of the region - could an earthquake trigger a landslide capable of sweeping away whole cities?

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Tue 28 Oct 2014 00:50

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Role Contributor
Producer Danielle Peck
Series Producer Jessica Cecil
Executive Producer Alan Bookbinder

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