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Now, down to the lowest point on earth - 1,290 feet below sea level. The Dead Sea is 7 times more salty than average seawater. Too harsh for any plant or animal life to exist. Because the water is so dense, bodies float. I stretched out flat on the ...
For most of the year I lived near the road to Bethlehem. At three kilometers away, it was so close I could see it every day. On Christmas Eve, I made a trip to Bethlehem. Along with thousands of other pilgrims, of course. It's a very popular place ...
Back in Seattle, a 100-year-old house is old. On the East Coast, 300 years is old. Jericho is 7,000 years old!!! One of the oldest cities in the world. The foundations of stone gates, towers and homes still exist. What brought it down? Joshua and ...
... visited the Church of the Nativity. First we passed the Bethlehem Peace Center, covered with pictures of martyred Palestinian militants brandishing machine guns (who the Israeli soldiers just killed a few days ago). The Byzantine-era church is ...
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