Two people have died after entering the water off the coast of Greece as strong winds impacted the popular tourist area.

A copper scroll was discovered near the Dead Sea. It may contain a map to hidden treasure. The scroll was found with other ...

Four-line Aramaic text, one of the few legible inscriptions from the era, may be tied to the Bar Kochba Revolt. The words ...

THOUSANDS have been left stranded and two dead after gale force winds have pummelled Greece. Travel plans have been disrupted ...

Israel's Dead Sea Works factory piles up white potash, which is extracted from the Dead Sea and exported for fertilizer, in the southern part of the Dead Sea on Nov. 10.

The Dead Sea is in the heart of the Syrian-African rift valley, bordered by Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, and its surface is 1,407 feet below sea level, making it the lowest ...

DEAD SEA, Israel (JTA) — As the owner of the second boat to sail the Dead Sea in the past 75 years, Noam Bedein knows its salty waters better than almost anyone.

The Dead Sea is made up of 35 percent salt, making it 10 times saltier than the ocean. This high salinity makes the water very dense — denser than even your body — which causes you to float.

The Dead Sea is drying up, and dropping salt water levels mean there is more fresh water to eat away at the salt. “Sinkholes are caused by human irresponsibility,” he says.

"The Dead Sea has been central to civilization for 10,000 years," said Bruce Feiler, author of "Where God Was Born." "Jericho, the oldest city on Earth, is here. Abraham, Moses, Jesus …" ...

DEAD SEA, Israel (JTA) — Nearly three weeks after Kibbutz Be’eri was massacred, its surviving members still gather for their community’s traditional evening meeting.