She makes Dead Sea Diamonds and farms crystals for ion powers
Michal Rothschild creates Dead Sea Diamonds, jewelry from crystals she finds and harvests at the Dead Sea.
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Why Turkey earthquakes don’t hit Israel? It’s the Dead Sea Fault
The researchers add that the meeting area between the Dead Sea and East Anatolian Faults may be considered a natural laboratory for studying the processes in which tectonic junctions are formed between plate boundaries.
Reserve a Red Sea pod hotel at Shebara Island for $2,400 a night
A new Red Sea resort in Saudi Arabia called Shebaya Island is already taking pre-bookings for its glamorous pod hotels, a cool SAR 9,000 a night, which equals about $2,400 USD. No big deal if you've berthed your mega-yacht at its shores.
The Masada siege lasted weeks, not the legendary years say archeologists
The Dead Sea fortress of Masada may have been seized by the Romans in weeks rather than years.
Discovering the Magic of Dead Sea Magnesium Chloride
Icy winters means salt on the driveways and walkways. This company offers a more pet-friendly solution from the Dead Sea, which is based on magnesium salt.
Essay on pleasure revealed in ancient scroll
AI deciphers the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers.
Ancient Roman swords found in Dead Sea area caves
Four ancient Roman swords, in near perfect condition were unearthed in a cave in the In Gedi Nature Reserve in Israel by the Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is Shrinking
This story is about the Dead Sea, why it's shrinking, and what is being done about it. It is also a call for action story to spread awareness on this critical issue.
Dead Sea Museum, first renderings revealed
The Dead Sea is dying. A new museum is being built to hold onto what we are losing.
Spencer Tunick nudes pose to save the Dead Sea
Imagine creating a garbage dump in the middle of the grand canyon or scaling the top of off Mount Everest? In effect that's what mineral mining is doing at the Dead Sea. And where politics and money can't intervene Ariel Fruchter is hoping art will help.
Save the Dead Sea with your old travel shots
Poor political relations, business neglect, climate change. The Dead Sea is dying. Help save it by being part of an international photo competition to document its change and beauty.
How the pagans touched the East and West Banks and influenced your religion
The transition between paganism and three major monotheistic religions in the southern Levant is one of themes that intrigues Professor Robert Schick from the University of Mainz in Germany. Pagans were very connected to the cycles of the earth, and like all ancient people reckoned with nature to understand why they exist and how to survive.
Iran’s capital city being swallowed by sinkholes
Thanks to drought and over-pumping underground water reserves in the western region of Tehran, Iran’s capital city, fissures also known as sinkholes are opening up, causing Iran’s major city and capital city to sink. The sinkholes threaten people’s homes and the local infrastructure. While some Middle Eastern countries like Israel are seeing record rain, Tehran […]
Get suing for your environment
A landmark law was just passed in Israel this year. The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset just passed a new law on January 1, that allows both public and non-profit organizations to file a civil suit against any person or organization that damages the environment in general. The law was put into effect after […]
Israeli artist raises a ghostly bride from the Dead Sea
Dip a dowdy dress into one of the world’s saltiest lakes and see what happens. Artist Sigalit Landau did, and ended up growing a crystalline gown straight out of Frozen. Take a look at these images. It’s unlikely you can “Let it go”.