Fire, brimstone and rain of salt that left barren earth: Scientists describe ‘civilization-ending catastrophe’ that wiped out Tall el-Hammam near Dead Sea some 3,600 years ago.
By TOI STAFF
An ancient civilization in the Dead Sea area was wiped out by an apparent “airburst” meteor explosion with the force of a nuclear weapon that destroyed cities and salted the earth some 3,600 years ago, leaving it uninhabitable for centuries, scientists said in a study published this week, and postulated it could have inspired
