This salt-finishing technique may not have been unique to the Temple Scroll. In further analysis of Dead Sea Scroll fragments from another cave, the team found traces of similar salts on another ...

Today the Dead Sea still mystifies us. Because it is so low -- 1,300 feet below sea level -- it's closest to all the deep Earth's minerals and, most visibly, the Earth's salt, which cakes at its ...

The secret to miraculous preservation of a Dead Sea Scroll could be salt coating ... And the scroll has not been treated by preservationists, so its original composition is intact.

A team of researchers led by MIT's Admir Masic have used a non-invasive technique to determine why one of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls is so well-preserved. The analysis of the 2,000-year-old ...

The Dead Sea is 306 meters (1,004 feet) deep, which also makes it the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 34.2% salinity (in 2011), it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water ...

For centuries the waters of the Dead Sea have been known for their therapeutic benefits. The sea contains a high concentration of sea salts with healthy minerals like magnesium, calcium, iodine ...

Dead Sea salt can be used as bath salts, which you can add to your bath and soak in the tub.‌ You can use Dead Sea bath salts by putting them into bathwater that’s around 95 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Salt in the wound Jordan’s concern about the decline of the Dead Sea relates partly to its need to use every available water source. According to a Jordanian scientific study, groundwater ...

The ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are continuing to provide researchers with surprising insights. A new chemical analysis of the Temple Scroll, the longest of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, has revealed a ...