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The Mövenpick Dead Sea Spa and Resort is a luxury resort hotel on the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest location on Earth. It was opened in 1999 by Zara Investment Holding, Jordan's largest operator of five-star hotels. Condé Nast has classified it as the best resort in Jordan and one of the best in the Middle East for several years. [1]
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The lowest point in the Jordan Rift Valley is in the Dead Sea, the lowest spot of which is 790 m (2,590 ft) below sea level. [ dubious – discuss ] The shore of the Dead Sea is the lowest dry land spot on Earth, at 400 m (1,300 ft) below sea level.
In the 19th century the River Jordan and the Dead Sea were explored by boat primarily by Christopher Costigan in 1835, Thomas Howard Molyneux in 1847, William Francis Lynch in 1848, and John MacGregor in 1869. [57] The full text of W. F. Lynch's 1849 book Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea is ...
The Dead Sea Museum (Arabic: متحف البحر الميت, romanized: Matḥaf al-Baḥr al-Mayyit) is a history and natural history museum located in the Maeen subdistrict, Jordan. The museum is dedicated to showing the history of the Dead Sea and how civilizations developed around it.
George – an American lobster owned briefly by the City Crab and Seafood restaurant in New York City. Captured in December 2008, he was released back into the wild in January 2009. George weighed 20 pounds (9.1 kg), and had an estimated age of 140 years. List of barbecue restaurants; Lists of restaurants; List of fish and chip restaurants
Transport in Jordan Highway 65 , also known as the Dead Sea Highway , is a north–south highway in Jordan . It starts in Aqaba passing through Wadi Araba , and adjacent to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley to the western suburbs of the city of Irbid in Jordan's northern tip.
Yogurt is commonly served alongside food and is a common ingredient itself; in particular, jameed, a form of dried yogurt is unique to Jordanian cuisine and a main ingredient in mansaf [5] [6] the national dish of Jordan, [7] [8] and a symbol in Jordanian culture for generosity. Another famous meat dish in Jordan is zarb. [9]