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Sodom and Gomorrah
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Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities, infamous for the wickedness of their inhabitants, which were supposed to be located somewhere along the southern shore of the Dead Sea. Unfortunately, no archeological evidence of their actual existence has ever been recovered. According to Genesis 19:15-22, Abraham's nephew Lot traveled there to find righteous men, but failed and thereafter the cities were obliterted by the wrath of God.

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