[HN Gopher] A meteor demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city p...
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       A meteor demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city possibly
       inspiring Sodom myth
        
       Author : historynops
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-09-30 18:29 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sc.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sc.edu)
        
       | Reventlov wrote:
       | See also :
       | https://twitter.com/MicrobiomDigest/status/14433145767164846...
       | and
       | https://twitter.com/MicrobiomDigest/status/14436607004553421...
       | or
       | https://pubpeer.com/publications/37B87CAC48DE4BC98AD40E00330...
        
         | cratermoon wrote:
         | And more:
         | 
         | https://twitter.com/NeolithicSheep/status/144324842853702451...
         | 
         | https://twitter.com/FlintDibble/status/1443244748794441730
        
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       | Arnavion wrote:
       | Scott Manley posted a rebuttal at [1] recently. He's not an
       | archaeology expert but he does provide references to experts who
       | disagree with the hypothesis.
       | 
       | [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0h4QNt4FLE
        
         | JoeAltmaier wrote:
         | He notes that some of the science was not strong. Concluding
         | that it was all wrong? That's a leap.
        
       | jihadjihad wrote:
       | Discussed at length about a week ago, here:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28603118
        
       | cybert00th wrote:
       | The change of title from the article to this HN post is noted. I
       | guess it was worth a try.
        
         | williamtrask wrote:
         | What was the original title? (Always interested to see the
         | style of moderation and what counts as problematic)
        
           | albertsondev wrote:
           | It wasn't the title of the HN post itself that was changed,
           | but rather the discrepancy between the title of the HN post
           | and the title of the article.
           | 
           | As for the title of the article, well, follow the link.
        
             | williamtrask wrote:
             | Ah! Thank you
        
       | tomdell wrote:
       | Imagine the cultural impact of something like this happening to a
       | modern-day mega city.
        
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