Until the 1950s, the flow of fresh water equaled the rate of evaporation, and Dead Sea water levels held steady. Then in the 1960s, Israel built an enormous pumping station on the banks of the Sea ...

The Dead Sea with all its glory was visible for miles ... It is crossed by numerous valleys flowing from west to east and has many ravines, most of them deep, our host cum driver explained.

Before us, across the flat-calm Dead Sea, the sun rises over the mountains of Jordan. The heat on this spring morning is already intense. There are no trees or grass, just a few crumbling stone walls.

One of the Dead Sea Scrolls was sent to Paris to be shown at the Archives and Books Exhibition arranged jointly by the French National Library and the Paris University. This was the first time one ...

A few years ago Ricardo Braz was scrolling through Instagram when he spotted a picture of a tiny island made of salt in the Dead Sea. He added it to his bucket list. In December the 24-year-old ...