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1. Dead Sea: Lake in southeast Palestine, and one of the curious natural phenomena of the earth. It occupies the lowest part of the great depression which extends from northern Palestine to the Gulf of Akabah. At its most northerly point 150 meters ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea (Arabic: اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, Yam hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west. It lies in the Jordan ... (Salt lake bordering Palestine, Jordan and Israel) [100%] 2024-01-10 [Dead Sea] [Endorheic lakes of Asia]...
3. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea (Arabic: البحر الميت, Hebrew: ים המלח, translated as Sea of Salt), is a salt lake lying on the border between the nations of Israel and Jordan. Commonly known as the Earth's lowest point, it occurs at 1,371 feet (418 ... [100%] 2023-02-04
4. Dead Sea: File:Channel2 - Dead Sea.webm The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח‎, Yam hamMelaḥ; Arabic: اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west. It lies in ... (Earth) [100%] 2024-01-10 [Extreme points of Earth]
5. Dead Sea: Dead Sea, a lake in Palestine occupying the deepest part of the valley running along the line of a great “fault” that has been traced from the Gulf of Akaba (at the head of the Red Sea) to Hermon. This ... [100%] 2022-09-02
6. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea is located in Israel and Jordan, about 15 miles east of Jerusalem. It is extremely deep (averaging about 1,000 feet), salty (some parts containing the highest amount of salts possible), and the lowest body of water ... [100%] 2023-03-03 [Landlocked Seas]
7. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea (Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, Yam hamMelaḥ; Arabic: اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and ... (Salt lake bordering Jordan and Israel) [100%] 2024-07-18 [Dead Sea] [Endorheic lakes of Asia]...
8. Dead Sea salt: Dead Sea salt refers to salt and other mineral deposits extracted or taken from the Dead Sea. The composition of this material differs significantly from oceanic salt. (Chemistry) [81%] 2023-08-29 [Salts] [Traditional medicine]...
9. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew: מגילות ים המלח) comprise roughly 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on ... [81%] 2023-02-03
10. Dead Sea products: Dead Sea products refers to cosmetic products based on materials extracted from the Dead Sea, such as salt, mud, and potash. Ziva Gilad, a spa technician, came up with the idea of marketing Dead Sea mud after watching women tourists ... [81%] 2023-11-28 [Dead Sea]
11. Dead Sea Transform: The Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system, also sometimes referred to as the Dead Sea Rift, is a series of faults that run from the Maras Triple Junction (a junction with the East Anatolian Fault in southeastern Turkey) to the ... (Earth) [81%] 2022-12-24 [Plate tectonics]
12. Dead Sea scrolls: The Dead Sea scrolls include several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Old Testament, found in a remarkable modern discovery near the Dead Sea in Israel. This discovery proved the accuracy of the copying and preservation of Scriptures over ... [81%] 2023-03-11 [Biblical Documents] [Archaeology]...
13. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls (or Qumran Caves Scrolls) are a collection of manuscripts found in the eastern Judaean Desert in the West Bank in 1946/47 and in 1956. They relate to Judaism and are written mainly in Hebrew, with ... [81%] 2023-12-03
14. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are a collection of scrolls found in the desert east of Jerusalem on the shore of the Dead Sea. They represent the largest manuscript collections of texts from the Second Temple Period found in the ... [81%] 2012-05-22
15. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew: מגילות ים המלח) comprise roughly 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on ... [81%] 2023-02-03
16. Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near ... (Ancient Jewish manuscripts) [81%] 2024-08-31 [Dead Sea Scrolls] [1946 archaeological discoveries]...
17. Healers of the Dead Sea: Healers of the Dead Sea is a 30-minute CBS documentary regarding Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes produced by John Marco Allegro and Douglas Edwards. Allegro narrated and had begun work on the film for the BBC in 1980 ... [63%] 2023-12-11 [1985 films] [American documentary films]...
18. List of Dead Sea scrolls: The following is a list of Dead Sea Scrolls. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published. [63%] 2023-03-08 [Archaeology]
19. New Jerusalem Dead Sea Scroll: Discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran, Israel, were fragments of a scroll which describes New Jerusalem in minute detail. The New Jerusalem Scroll appears to contain an apocalyptic vision, an eschatological vision of the city and the temple ... [63%] 2024-08-31 [Dead Sea Scrolls] [Jewish eschatology]...
20. Movenpick Dead Sea Spa and Resort: 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 ... [57%] 2024-01-01 [Hotels in Jordan] [Tourism in Jordan]...
21. Trinity Western University Dead Sea Scrolls Institute: Founded in 1995, the Trinity Western University Dead Sea Scrolls Institute is the only center in North America dedicated to the manuscript discoveries in the Judean Desert and material finds of the Qumran community. With strengths in the textual and ... (Religion) [53%] 2023-09-05
22. Apple Of Sodom(Called Also Dead Sea Apple): A fruit described by Josephus and Tacitus as growing near the site of Sodom, "externally of fair appearance, but turning to smoke and ashes when plucked with the hands. It has been identified by Seetzen, Irby, Mangles, and others (see ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [53%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
23. Dead Sea, The: DEAD SEA, THE $I. PRESENT AREA$ $II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT$ $III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES$ $IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE WATER$ $V. CLIMATE$ $VI. ROADS$ $VII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS$ 1. The Plain of the Jordan 2. Ain Jidi ... [81%] 1915-01-01
24. Sea, Dead; Eastern: SEA, DEAD; EASTERN es'-tern. See DEAD SEA. es'-tern. See DEAD SEA. [81%] 1915-01-01
25. Red Sea–Dead Sea Access: The Red Sea–Dead Sea Access is a series of highway construction projects intended to bring easy transportation and prosperity to Jordan, Israel, Palestine and the surrounding area. An agreement was signed in Amman on October 24, 1974, between the ... [76%] 2023-10-12 [Dead Sea] [Road construction]...
26. Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal: The Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal (MDSC) is a proposed project to dig a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, taking advantage of the 400-metre difference in water level between the seas. The project could correct the ... (Place) [70%] 2023-05-28 [Eastern Mediterranean]