The Dead Sea in the Bible The Primordial Sea, the Plains Sea, the Salt Sea – these are but a few of the names of the Dead Sea, which features in narratives throughout religious history.
Masada Since 2001 – Masada has been a world heritage site on the world heritage center list.
According to UNESCO's world heritage treaty (1972), this inclusion reflects the extraordinary worldly importance of this site, which makes it worthy for protection for future generations.
Posted: 2011-01-16
Category: Travel Tips
VEOLIA DESERT CHALLENGE 2010 – Event Highlights VEOLIA Desert Challenge 2010 which has been held last weekend was the biggest challenge so far. Some 250 cyclists opened the weekend with the Friday noon family ride – accompanied by instructors, enjoying a refreshments tent halfway through the ride, and Expo and skills facilities at the final ride compound.
Posted: 2010-12-29
Category: Outdoors
Qasr Al Yahud Epiphany (Manifest) Ceremony The New Testament indicates that Qasr Al Yahud was when the spiritual birth of Jesus occurred – unline the physical birth that took place in Beth Lehem. This is what makes this place to be the third holiest place in the world for Christians.
Posted: 2010-12-29
Category: Religion
The Dead Sea is a finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature online global campaign. The Dead Sea – the lowest place on earth - is competing as an international site on behalf of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority against 27 other natural sites around the world in the finals of the New7Wonders of Nature online global campaign.
Posted: 2010-12-12
Category: Vacations
Birds and salt - a new birding center at the Dead Sea Every spring and autumn the residents of the Dead Sea wake up to the sound of wings of half a billion birds who migrate north over the Great Syrian – African Valley, which is navaled by the Dead Sea.