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Gomorrah or Gomorrha (both: gəmôr`ə, –mŏr`ə), in the Bible, city, destroyed with Sodom Sodom (sŏd`əm) or Sodoma ..... Click the link for more information. . Some have speculated that the ruins southeast of the Dead Sea at Numeira, discovered in 1973, may be those of the city. Gomorrah, Gomorrha Old Testament one of two ancient cities near the Dead Sea, the other being Sodom, that were destroyed by God as a punishment for the wickedness of their inhabitants (Genesis 19:24) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A sound like the moaning in squadrons over Asphaltites of unforgiven ghosts of Gomorrah, ran shuddering through the air. Where Sodom and Gomorrah reared their domes and towers, that solemn sea now floods the plain, in whose bitter waters no living thing exists--over whose waveless surface the blistering air hangs motionless and dead-- about whose borders nothing grows but weeds, and scattering tufts of cane, and that treacherous fruit that promises refreshment to parching lips, but turns to ashes at the touch. I had always, I confess, been brought up to think of Paris as a sort of Sodom and Gomorrah in one. |
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