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Short video about the Dead Sea from the Israeli News Company. The Dead Sea (Arabic: اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت, romanized: al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or اَلْبَحْر الْمَيْت, al-Baḥr al-Mayt; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, romanized: Yam hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to ...
Mount Sodom (Hebrew: הר סדום, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve. [1] It takes its name from the biblical city of Sodom , whose destruction is the subject of a narrative in the Bible.
The Dead Sea Scrolls that were found were originally preserved by the arid conditions present within the Qumran area adjoining the Dead Sea. [71] In addition, the lack of the use of tanning materials on the parchment of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the very low airflow in the caves also contributed significantly to their preservation. [ 72 ]
The Wadi enters the Dead Sea at a site 280m below Sea Level, on the shore of the Dead Sea. [3] Here the river flows adjacent to the archaeological site, of Numeira.The river is significantly eroding the archaeological site, destroying perhaps as much as ½ the original settlement due to changes in the water course.
"Map of the River Jordan and Dead Sea: And the Route of the Party Under the Command of Lieutenant W.F. Lynch, United States Navy" is a map from the mid-19th century of the River Jordan and Dead Sea, made under the command of William F. Lynch. "The Jordan River" in which John the Baptist baptized his cousin Jesus of Nazareth. (Yardenit.com)
Numeira (also an-Numayra) is an archaeological site in Jordan near the southern Dead Sea. [1] The site has substantial Early Bronze Age remains. [2] The site is 280 metres (920 ft) below sea level, on the shore of the Dead Sea. [3] Numeira is also the name given to the river and valley adjacent to the archaeological site. The river is ...
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Bab edh-Dhra (Levantine Arabic: باب الذراع, romanized: bāb əl-ḏrāʿ) is the site of an Early Bronze Age city located near the Dead Sea on the south bank of the wadi of al-Karak with dates in the EB IB, EB II, EB III, and EB IVA. [1]