Beneath the dense, salty waters of the Dead Sea, scientists have uncovered a geological phenomenon of unexpected scale. Gigantic salt deposits, known as salt giants, are slowly forming at the bottom ...

Most of the people who come to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, to see the Dead Sea Scrolls can’t read the ...

A vast, otherworldly lake where salt-laden waters buoy swimmers and barren shores stretch into desert, the Dead Sea has long captivated travellers and scientists alike ...

The discovery of salt giants in the Dead Sea—formed from a perfect mixture of conditions in the terminal lake—presents a prime opportunity to study how these geological formations coalesce.

JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday published a draft law that aims to boost state revenues from a concession for extracting minerals from the Dead Sea as well as tackling its ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A “salt giant” might sound like a creation straight from the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien, but in geology, they are very real, large-scale salt deposits ...