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Lot's Museum begins to take shape (Near where Lot fled to when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed)
Jordan Times ^ | 7/1/05 | Dalya Dajani

Posted on 07/02/2005 2:21:41 PM PDT by wagglebee

AMMAN — Engineers are making headway in the construction of a two-story historical museum in the Jordan Valley, with project officials estimating its completion in October.

“Lot's Museum,” being built some 300 metres from the cave where Lot and his family sought refuge from the devastation of Sodom and Gomorrah, is set to showcase the area's dazzling topography and unique geological facets.

Samir Jaradat, the project's contact engineer told The Jordan Times yesterday that the museum's structure is being finalised with plans under way to select the exhibits.

Jaradat said a specialised committee comprising antiquity, tourism and geological experts was responsible for undertaking the selection of the museum's contents and exhibits.

Designed by a local architect, the museum is the first initiative of its kind in the Dead Sea area, also renowned for housing the lowest and most saline body of water on earth.

The Ministry of Tourism started work on the JD1 million shell-shaped museum early last year to diversify the range of services and attractions in the Dead Sea area.

The ministry hopes the facility will add a new dimension to the services available in the area, which is home to various biblical and historical sites such as the Baptism Site.

Covering 2,150sq.m., Lot's Museum will include an exhibition hall, cafeteria, service facilities, bus and car parks, as well as a tourist police office.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; bible; catastrophism; citiesoftheplain; genesis; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; gomorrah; greatriftvalley; history; jordan; judeochristianity; lot; lotscave; lotsmuseum; museum; russia; sodom; sodomandgomorrah; tourism; valleyofsiddim
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To: Howe_D_Dewty

That does not mean they were improving the church just the site...


21 posted on 07/02/2005 4:42:35 PM PDT by Howe_D_Dewty
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To: Mad Mammoth

The point was for San Franciscans to go there for a repeat performance.


22 posted on 07/02/2005 4:53:19 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: wildbill

I know a pastor who was asked to leave a church because he preached though the book of genesis, and didn't skip anything.


23 posted on 07/02/2005 5:37:50 PM PDT by watchin (Facts irritate liberals)
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To: lilylangtree
Hey, is Lot's wife found yet?

Yeah, I understand she'd make a terrific cow lick.

24 posted on 07/02/2005 7:02:40 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: wagglebee; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Thanks Waggs. I wonder where the thing is located. The fort of Bela / Zoar overlooked the north basin (the deep one, and the only one with water in it nowadays) of the Dead Sea (at that time, the Valley of Siddim), and was the place to which Lot ran to avoid destruction, after pleading to the Lord to spare that place. Let's face it, Lot took the easy way out wherever possible. In the case of Zoar, he simply didn't want to be on the road all day and night.
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25 posted on 07/02/2005 7:11:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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To: Graybeard58

That's the story, probably the cave. Why are we celebrating incest with a museum?


26 posted on 07/02/2005 7:35:16 PM PDT by madison10
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To: madison10
Well, at least it's Jordan doing it. I don't think there are any U.S. funds involved.
27 posted on 07/02/2005 7:40:28 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: wagglebee

Will the gift shop sell salt sculptures?


28 posted on 07/02/2005 7:45:43 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Graybeard58

We don't have to bring up that salacious rumor about Lot and his daughters, hehehe.


29 posted on 07/02/2005 7:46:47 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Jeremiah Jr
“Lot's Museum,” being built some 300 metres from the cave where Lot and his family sought refuge from the devastation of Sodom and Gomorrah, is set to showcase the area's dazzling topography and unique geological facets.

Check out the ammonite design of the museum.

30 posted on 07/02/2005 7:47:03 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: wagglebee

Oh yeah, I can't wait to tour again in an Arab country. I'm sure Zarqawi's buds wouldn't bother us little Chritians when we go to the museum.


31 posted on 07/02/2005 7:47:26 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over a year now)
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To: wagglebee
"tourist police" ... shudder.
32 posted on 07/02/2005 8:09:57 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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To: wagglebee

33 posted on 07/02/2005 8:51:59 PM PDT by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: wagglebee
Sodomy has different definitions from State to State.
But what the heck is Gomorrahy?
34 posted on 07/03/2005 7:12:37 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Boycott all stupid tag lines.)
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To: wagglebee
Gomorrah (Jerry Garcia Band)

Just a song of Gomorrah, I wonder what they did there Must've been a bad thing to get shot down for I wonder how they blew it up or if they burned it down Get out, get out Mr. Lot and don't you turn around.

Who gave you your orders, someone from the sky I heard a voice inside my head in the desert wind so dry I heard a voice tellin' me to flee the very same voice I always believe Say alot of trouble comin', but it don't have to come to you I'm telling you so you can tell the rest what you've been through.

But don't you turn around, no, don't look after you It's not your business how it's done, you're lucky to get through You're a good upstanding man, a credit to the flock But if you don't face straight ahead you could not take the shock Blew the city off the map, left nothing there but fire The wife of Lot got turned to salt, because she looked behind her.

35 posted on 07/03/2005 7:36:15 AM PDT by Jackknife (No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.-MacArthur)
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To: wildbill
"The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today." (Genesis 19:30-38)"

Ben-Ammi? Ben Ammi???

Hmmmmmmm.

I believe there is a cleanser named after him.

36 posted on 07/03/2005 2:53:33 PM PDT by albee (A paranoid schizophrenic is somebody who just found out what is going on.)
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Newly added to the catastrophism keyword, sorted:

37 posted on 07/11/2023 1:35:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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