The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Sodom [Biblical]


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Description of institution: In the Biblical record, a city, along with Gomorrah, destroyed by God for its wickedness (Genesis 18-19). Abraham's nephew, Lot, an inhabitant of Sodom, fled the city with his family, led by an Angel of God, who told them not to look back at the city as it was being destroyed. Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Location speculated. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah People associated with this location: Lot [Biblical figure] ([?]-[?]) - Residence at