‘G-d caused rain of sulfur and fire to fall on Sodom and on Gomorrah…(Lot’s) wife looked behind her and was turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:24-26)’ By Nosson Shulman, Licensed Tour Guide Lot’s Wife (overlooking the Dead Sea) was turned into a pillar of salt some 4000 years ago (see Genesis 19). Photo... Read more »

Archaeological evidence shows that the barren, salty Mt. Sodom was fertile up until the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Following the biblical recounting of Lot’s Wife who was turned into a pillar of salt, Israel’s Dead Sea region is now famous for the world’s longest salt cave.