Numeira

Numeira is a smaller Early Bronze Age archaeological site roughly a mile south of Bab edh-Dhra on the southeastern Dead Sea plain, proposed as the location of biblical Gomorrah.

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Archaeological Evidence

Excavated as part of the same Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain project that worked Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira shows a comparable destruction-by-fire layer, though some ceramic evidence suggests its destruction may not be precisely contemporary with Bab edh-Dhra's.

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Biblical Connection

Numeira's proximity to and shared destruction pattern with Bab edh-Dhra have led to its pairing as Gomorrah's proposed counterpart to Sodom. This identification carries the same site-identification uncertainty as Bab edh-Dhra's (see Bab edh-Dhra).