History floats over Dead Sea

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: February 22, 2004| Author: DAVID ZARMI AND CHANE ZARMI | Copyright information

History floats over Dead Sea

By DAVID ZARMI AND CHANE ZARMI Special to the Journal Sentinel

Sunday, February 22, 2004

An aura of mysticism and romance seems to hang over the area around the Dead Sea. You can feel the sense of timelessness, of antiquity and biblical times.

We've been there several times. On earlier trips, including when David was a child, we took a bus from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea.

As we made our way down the winding road, the landscape beca...

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