The Dead Sea is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. Ready for launch: “We tried to take pictures of the island from a distance, but it wasn’t even worth it,” says Braz. After a ...

Introduction Half a century has now passed since a bedouin shepherd discovered a long-hidden cache of scrolls in a cave in cliffs above the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The details of that ...

This very date marks a personal and poignant anniversary for me as well; eight years prior, I embarked on my first journey to the Dead Sea, drawn by its haunting beauty and environmental plight ...