The Science of Sodom
2023-01-30
A large city that just happens to be where the Bible places Sodom was destroyed by an air burst in the Middle Bronze Age—just when Abraham would have been in Canaan.Continue Reading
SciFriday: Sentient AI and Our Wobbly Earth
2022-07-15
A senior software engineer at Google believes the company has created a sentient artificial intelligence. Have they really, and if so, what are the consequences?Continue Reading
SciFriday: Explosion Over Sodom
2022-07-08
A growing body of evidence points to an archaeological dig just northeast of the Dead Sea as the site of ancient Sodom.Continue Reading
SciFriday: The Discovery of Sodom
2022-07-01
A very large city across the Jordan River from Jericho was destroyed during the Middle Bronze Age, the time of Abraham, by something that exploded in the air over the north end of the Dead Sea.Continue Reading
Best of VFTB: Archaeology, Sodom, and the Exodus
2019-06-10
ANOTHER “ARCHAEOLOGY is cool” program tonight as we raid the archives for interviews with two archaeologists upsetting the applecart of generally accepted beliefs about the ancient Near East.Continue Reading
Dr. Phillip Silvia – Searching for Sodom
2019-02-04
A SUPERHEATED blast from the skies obliterated the area northeast of the Dead Sea about 3,700 years ago. Dr. Phillip Silvia of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project explains why he believes they’ve found ancient Sodom.