Synopses & Reviews
Unlock doors to the lost worlds of the Bible -- from the Garden of Eden to the ruins of BabylonDid a volcano part the Red Sea? Have scientists found Eve? Was the pharaoh of the Oppression a woman? Did the Jordan River really cease flowing the day Jericho fell?
A brilliant author, scientist, and adventurer who has been called "the real Indiana Jones," Dr. Charles Pellegrino takes us on a remarkable journey from the Nile to the Tigris-Euphrates rivers -- crossing time, legend, and ancient lands to explore the unsolved mysteries of the Old Testament. Return to Sodom and Gomorrah is an epic saga of discovery that interweaves science, history, and suspense --the first book ever to bring archaeologists, scientists and theologians together to examine the same evidence. In this enthralling revelatory adventure, Pellegrino introduces us to dedicated pioneers like Benjamin Mazar, Leonard Woolley, and T. E. Lawrence, who retraced the steps of Moses to demystify the Exodus and the Flood. In the process, he enables us to view ancient relics in an extraordinary new light -- as both fascinating windows on the past and vivid signposts to the future.
Synopsis
Did a volcano part the Red Sea? Have scientists found Eve? Did the Jordan River really cease flowing the day Jericho fell?
Charles Pellegrino, an author, scientist, and adventurer who has been called "the real Indiana Jones," takes us on a remarkable journey through ancient lands to explore the unsolved mysteries of the Old Testament. Return to Sodom and Gomorrah is an epic saga of discovery that is also the first book ever to bring archaeologists, scientists and theologians together to examine the same evidence. In this revelatory adventure, Pellegrino introduces us to dedicated pioneers like Benjamin Mazar, Leonard Woolley, and T. E. Lawrence. In the process, he helps us to see ancient relics in an extraordinary new light -- as fascinating windows on both our past and our future.
Charles Pellegrino has been known to work simultaneously in entomology, forensic physics, paleogenetics, advanced rocket system design, astrobiology, and marine archaeology. The author of eighteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including Unearthing Atlantis, Dust, Ghosts of the Titanic, and the New York Times bestseller Her Name, Titanic, he is also the scientist whose dinosaur cloning "recipe" inspired Michael Crichton's best-selling novel Jurassic Park. He lives in New York City.
"History comes alive ... Charles Pellegrino takes us along on an adventure, out into space and down into the bowels of the Earth, back to the dawn of time and ultimately, forward into the future." -- Jewish World Review
About the Author
Dr. Charles Pellegrino is the author of twelve books, including Unearthing Atlantis and Her Name, Titanic. He is a paleontologist who designs robotic space probes and relativistic rockets and is the scientist whose dinosaurs cloning recipe inspired Michael Crichton's bestselling novel Jurassic Park. In his spare time, Dr. Pellegrino writes acclaimed sf novels and mind-bending technothrillers. Jan de Bont, the director of Speed and Twister, has been signed on to direct the film version of Pellgrino's biological disaster novel Dust. The recipient of the 2000 Isaac Asimov Memorial Award for Science Writing, Dr. Pellegrino lives in New York.