A Kansas City archaeologist has had his Jordanian permit to hunt for the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah withdrawn, it was reported here today. He has been exploring the bed of the Dead Sea.
The permit of Dr. Ralph Beney was canceled by the Jordan department of Antiquities, according to the report, because he has failed to find anything after five weeks of searching. Dr. Beney, a Baptist minister, arrived in Jordan at the head of a team of four Americans equipped with diving equipment and underwater photographic apparatus.
The equipment had been treated to withstand the high salinity of the Dead Sea. The team has been charting the sea bed in the vicinity of the area where the Dead Sea Scroll’s were found.
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