Page 185 - The Prophet Abraham (Pbuh) and The Prophet Lot (Pbuh)

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Historians opine that the site of this great disaster is the
shore of the Dead Sea, also known as Lake Lut. The cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah, located alongside the Dead Sea, be-
tween the West Bank and Jordan, are regarded as the cities of
the Prophet Lot's (pbuh) mainly homosexual people.

Archaeological research shows that these cities collapsed after
a powerful earthquake. According to researchers, one area,
shallower than the rest of the Dead Sea, houses the remains of
these people, who entered the deep parts of the sea. (For fur-
ther details, see Harun Yahya, The Perished Nations [Istanbul:
2002]).

German researcher Werner Keller, who bases his arguments on archeolog-
ical and geological studies, said that Sodom and Gomorrah were located in
Siddim Valley. He states that these cities were at the lowest edge of the
Dead Sea (Lake Lut), where, over the years, large settlements gradually de-
veloped. As a result of the catastrophe in the region, some of these cities'
remains, which slipped toward the lake, now stand at its edge. These re-
mains show that the people enjoyed a rather high standard of living.

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