For decades, a handful of Dead Sea fragments written in an unknown alphabet sat in scholarly limbo, legible in shape but mute in meaning. Now a researcher has finally cracked that hidden script, ...

"[This] made it clear how deep and severe the phenomenon is." Researchers sound alarm after discovering 'warning signal' in ...

University of Haifa analysis reveals a sharp rise in plastic accumulation originating from flash floods in Kidron Stream, ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

The Environmental Protection Ministry on Monday issued a draft policy document on the future of the Dead Sea for public consultation. The document, available in Hebrew, calls on the government to act ...

More than 25 previously unpublished “Dead Sea Scroll” fragments, dating back 2,000 years and holding text from the Hebrew Bible, have been brought to light, their contents detailed in two new books.

An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach drawing international tourists to float in the world-famous waters of ...

The popular wisdom is that no one can drown in the Dead Sea because they’ll float on the super-salty waters. That’s wrong, but it’s true that drownings in the Dead Sea are different from drowning ...

Ein Gedi (Israel) (AFP) – An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach drawing international tourists to float in the ...

The deepest point on the surface of Earth is the Dead Sea in Israel. Now a joint Israeli-German team of scientists found several systems of freshwater springs on the Dead Sea floor. Their presence has ...

Experience the wonder of the Dead Sea, Earth's saltiest body of water, where floating effortlessly is a reality. Located at the lowest land elevation, its extreme salinity, nearly ten times that of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Water levels in the Dead Sea have been dropping over the last few years as towns and villages in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria suck up run-off water that would normally ...