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Take a trip to the Dead Sea on your Israel vacation
The Dead Sea is a salt lake that borders Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 m (1,237 ft) below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land, something special to be experienced on an Israel vacation.
With 33.7% salinity, the Dead Sea is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean and is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. The name comes from the fact that the salinity is so high that animals cannot survive or flourish. The water in the Dead Sea is so dense that anyone on an Isreal vacation can float easily due to the natural buoyancy.
The Dead Sea is famous for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of 972 texts discovered from 1946 to 1956 that contain biblical manuscripts. The scrolls are of great historical and religious importance as they contain the earliest known surviving copies of biblical documents.
The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the world because of its reported health and therapeutic advantages. People with psoriasis have benefitted from sunbathing for long periods without worrying about harmful UV rays due to the area’s location below sea level. Dead Sea mud pack therapy is believed to temporarily relieve pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knees. There are many other therapies available making the Dead Sea a popular health tourism destination on Israeli trips.
The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the world because of its reported health and therapeutic advantages. People with psoriasis have benefitted from sunbathing for long periods without worrying about harmful UV rays due to the area’s location below sea level. Dead Sea mud pack therapy is believed to temporarily relieve pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knees. There are many other therapies available making the Dead Sea a popular health tourism destination on Israeli trips.
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