Advantages: An unusual experience, good for the skin
Disadvantages: A long walk, the salty water may sting after a while

...~Summary~ The Dead Sea, this was the main reason for my trip to Israel. The healing properties of the waters may be overstated, but you can't go to Israel and not experience mudpacks and swimming in the salty water. The resorts are well equipped with showers, lockers, toilets, restaurant and products to take back home. The actual Dead Sea waters are receding so it is a long walk to the water edge, but there is a land train if you have trouble walking far. The waters are a bit stingy on the skin so I would advise caution if you have sensitive skin. ~Introduction~ The Dead Sea is in Israel and is shared with Jordan. The Dead Sea is renowned for its revitalising properties and products from the Dead Sea area include mud masks, bath salts and other bathing items. The Dead Sea is also below sea level in a valley and has very high salt... Read review

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Advantages: The formula really works to soften and revitalise tired skin
Disadvantages: A little messy and quite hard to remove

...Pampering and home spa treatments are, for me, some of the most pleasurable and enjoyful aspects of being a woman. Of course men can also indulge themselves in this way, though when I try and involve my husband in this kind of thing he shrugs me off and reinforces his 'manliness' by looking at garage tools on the internet! I have several different types of face masks in my vast collection, some more effective than others. The Dead Sea Magik Mud Mask has to be one of the most outstanding products in tis collection and even my husband indulges me by allowing me to use it on his skin too! (It's the only one he'll let me use on his skin). I had read in my health and beauty magazine that Dead Sea salt is one of the best treatments available for skin. It has been used for thousands of years for its therapeutic properties as a natural... Read review

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Advantages: Well written, balanced, concise, comprehensive
Disadvantages: -

...If you have read articles and heard references, and would like to know more about the Dead Sea Scrolls; if you are interested in the development of the Hebrew Scriptures, and would like more background; if you are interested in life in Israel around the time of Christ; if these or other similar questions apply to your interests, this is a book for you. James VanderKam, professor of Hebrew Scriptures at Notre Dame (Indiana, not Paris), and member of the official international team charged with preservation, reconstruction and translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, has put together a one-volume introduction and exposition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is an accessible volume that presupposes no particular background of study in language, hermeneutics, biblical development, or archaeology. Yet, it does not 'talk down' to the audience... Read review

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Advantages: brightens, moisturises, tones, cleans, good for travel, remedy for late nights
Disadvantages: none

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Advantages: Unique experience, luxury spa, real get-away-from-it-all
Disadvantages: Not cheap, long way away from anything else, could be boring?

...Introduction The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth. The water surface of the Dead Sea is about 410m below sea level right now (it is dropping by about 1m per annum at the moment – more about that later). It is a unique place. Most of us can’t get to the highest place (the top of Everest) but we can get to the lowest – if you get the chance, do go. There are well established hotels and resorts on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea, but this is only newly being opened as a tourist location on the Jordanian side, with facilities really only being created in the decade or so. There are other hotels very near here (the Movenpick Dead Sea and the Dead Sea Spa being two others that are already reviewed on Ciao) but this review looks at the Marriott. By the way, both a Crown Plaza and a Holiday Inn are currently under construction, so... Read review

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Advantages: Fascinating survey of the history, research, and controversy
Disadvantages: none

...Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archae