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What links William Tell with Joan of Arc? The Saturday quiz

From Scooby-Doo to the Dead Sea scrolls, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Michael Knibb obituary

Other lives: Lecturer in theology at King’s College London who wrote a translation of the Dead Sea scrolls

The Guardian - UK

7 of the best holidays to explore Jordan

Here’s how to have the ultimate Jordanian experience, from floating the Dead Sea to perusing Petra’s ancient treasures

The Independent UK

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'Amazing' Home Bargains handwash is a 'dupe' of Dead Sea's £77 beauty item

Home Bargain is selling another incredibly cheap item

Bristol Post

A U.S. citizen is one of the latest killed in West Bank violence

Elan Ganeles of Connecticut was visiting Israel for a friend's wedding. The 27-year-old was shot on a road frequented by international tourists that passes through the West Bank toward the Dead Sea.

WEKU

Oldest complete Hebrew Bible expected to break auction records

Ninth-century Codex Sassoon, critical link between Dead Sea scrolls and today’s Bible, will have estimate of $30m-$50m

The Guardian - UK

At remote desert outpost, Israeli settlers triumphant despite Western anger

Between Jericho and the Dead Sea, Israeli settlers rejoice after the government granted their outpost retroactive approval. An hour's drive north, others are beaten by officers evicting an unsanctioned settler vineyard.

Reuters

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Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Stresses Security, Sovereignty of Iraq

The second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership stressed on Tuesday support to Iraq as its confronts all challenges, including terrorism. The conference was held at the Dead Sea, Jordan. Hosted by King Abdullah II, it brought together leaders from across the region, as well as officials from Europe, Türkiye…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Colonna Calls on Iran to Immediately Release French Hostages

Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called on Tuesday for the immediate release by Iran of French “hostages” in the country. During a brief exchange with her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on the sidelines of an Iraq support summit taking place on the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan, Colonna said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi FM: We Reject Any Assault on Iraqi Territory

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah underscored on Tuesday the Kingdom’s categorical rejection of any assault on Iraqi territory. Saudi Arabia stands by Iraq in its fight against terrorism and extremism, he said at the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, at the Dead Sea, Jordan.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact

Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it. Here is why a disaster is unfolding at the Middle East's iconic salt lake.

WEKU

Mysterious Dead Sea Scroll thought to be lost to history turns up over 6,000 miles away

After an extensive search the fragment was eventually found in the US state of Montana, where its owner explained that his mother had received it as a gift while visiting Jerusalem in 1965

Daily Mirror

Palestinians Accuse Israel of Destroying Dead Sea’s Natural Resources

A Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) report accused Israel of implementing settlement projects that threaten to destroy the natural resources of the Dead Sea, on the borders with Jordan. Palestinians argue that Israeli investment projects and plants in the Dead Sea contribute to the destruction of the Palestinian natural resources of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Age-defying Sharon Stone, 64, turns heads in mirror selfie after fitness transformation

The Basic Instinct star revealed her secrets to keeping fit and healthy include indulging in a fruit breakfast, swimming laps in her pool, sleeping eight hours every night, doing daily lunges, and taking baths filled with arnica and Dead Sea salts

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Jerusalem Post: Kushner's Promise to UAE Confused Israeli Plans to Annex Parts of West Bank

New reports in Tel Aviv, including a secret letter sent by former US President Donald Trump to then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed that everything was ready in Washington to authorize the annexation of about a third of Palestinian land in the West Bank to Israel. The third of Palestinian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salt of the Earth: Israeli Artist’s Dead Sea Sculptures

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations -- everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun. The lowest point on Earth is also Landau's studio where she submerges objects -- from a ballet…

AFP

Salt of the earth: Israeli artist's Dead Sea sculptures

Ein Bokek (Israel) (AFP) - Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations -- everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scientists Discover Dead Sea Tar in Ancient Egyptian Mummies

Former research on ancient Egyptian mummies studied the composition of the black coating used in embalming and defined the "vanadyl porphyrins" as a basic compound of it.

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Jordan, Germany to Host Middle East and North Africa-Europe Future Energy Dialogue

Jordan’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh and German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck on Saturday announced intensifying cooperation between the two governments in the field of energy policy under the Jordanian-German energy partnership program. The two countries are scheduled to host the Middle…

Zenger

The Dead Sea Tops Natural Wonders As A Healing Destination

Travel + Leisure touts unique Israeli waters for its health-promoting properties.

Al Jazeera

Earth Day: Jordan farmers frustrated over shrinking Dead Sea

The Dead Sea has been dropping one metre each year, causing sinkholes and other problems for the agricultural sector.

Zenger

Rare Dead Sea Images Bought As NFT Help Preserve Legendary Site

Digital photos capture the spectacular body of water. Monies raised will be used to restore the depleting resource.

AFP

Israeli and Palestinian mothers gather for peace by Dead Sea

Jericho (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israelis and Palestinians braved wind and rain to hold a "peace conference" Friday by the Dead Sea bringing together two major women's movements from both sides for the first time.

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