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The Dead Sea ‎ The Arabs call this Bahr Lut, the Sea of Lot. It is the most remarkable inland sea in the world. It is situated in the lowest part of the valley which extends from the base of Hermon to the Gulf of Akabah. The Hebrews call it the Salt Sea. The Greeks at an early period called it the Dead Sea. It is forty-seven miles in length and its greatest width is nine and a half miles. Its mean depth is 1080 feet, its level below the level of the Mediterranean is 1293 feet. The water contains from twenty-four to twenty-six per cent of solid substances, seven per cent of which is chloride of sodium (common salt). The salt of the Dead Sea has from the earliest times been collected and brought to the Jerusalem markets and is considered particularly strong. To the Government alone belongs all the salt and bitumen brought into and sold in Syria. During the last of April, when the writer and the artist were here, the weather was so hot that it was necessary for us to leave o...

The Dead Sea ‎ When Jesus at one time during his latter days left Jerusalem at the feast of the dedication because the Jews attempted to stone Him, it is said that He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John had first baptized, and there he abode. The view above is taken from a point about four miles south of the traditional place of John’s baptizing. One morning at six o’clock (on the 26th of April, 1894) the artist and one of the editors saw the sun rise over the mountains of Moab and bathe the whole plain of the Jordan, as well as the Judean mountains, in a deep red, glowing, liquid fire. We were about ten miles from Jericho. Our party took a bath at this point to test the truth of the oft made statement that one could not sink in the Dead Sea. We found it to be literally true. It is almost impossible to keep one’s feet under water. The taste of the water is as pungent as ammonia, though it is as clear and as bright as any body of water. You see our old s...

The Dead Sea ‎The Arabs call this Bahr Lut, the Sea of Lot. It is the most remarkable inland sea in the world. It is situated in the lowest part of the valley which extends from the base of Hermon to the Gulf of Akabah. The Hebrews call it the Salt Sea. The Greeks at an early period called it the Dead Sea. It is forty-seven miles in length and its greatest width is nine and a half miles. Its mean depth is 1080 feet, its level below the level of the Mediterranean is 1293 feet. The water contains from twenty-four to twenty-six per cent of solid substances, seven per cent of which is chloride of sodium (common salt). The salt of the Dead Sea has from the earliest times been collected and brought to the Jerusalem markets and is considered particularly strong. To the Government alone belongs all the salt and bitumen brought into and sold in Syria. During the last of April, when the writer and the artist were here, the weather was so hot that it was necessary for us to leave our hote...