The cave of Lot's seduction and the monastery it inspired
Jordanian site of Deir Ain Abata testifies to a thriving Byzantine and Umayyad-era Christian community
By konstantine D. Politis
Special to The Daily Star
Monday, October 25, 2004
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The ruins were first discovered during an archaeological survey at the south-east end of the Dead Sea in 1986, near a spring named Ain Abata. After further investigations it was evident that the site- near today's Ghor al-Safi, the biblical city of Zoara - was none other that the Sanctuary of Agios ("Saint") Lot.
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