Bab edh-Dhrâ
Located on the plain southeast of the Dead Sea in Jordan, Bab edh-Dhrâ has been identified as likely biblical Sodom, one of the so-called Cities of the Plain.
Phase | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
Proto-Urban Period | 3300 BC | First occupation. |
Early Bronze Age | Height of prosperity. Included a sanctuary and was defended by a 7m thick stone wall. | |
Destruction | 2400 BC | |
Reoccupation | ||
Abandonment | 2100 BC | |
Excavation | 1975-1981 | Southeast Dead Sea Plain Expedition by Walter E Rast and R Thomas Schaub explored both the town site and the associated cemetery. |