History
History Since the ancient times, the medical healing properties of the Dead Sea have been well known. The Romans and the Jews have built on the banks of the Dead Sea bathhouses based on water and mud. Two thousand years ago the roman historian Flevius wrote that King Herod himself visited in the hot springs the area of the Dead Sea, where he found cure and tranquility. Beautiful Queen Cleopatra was well aware of the miraculous influence of the minerals on the human skin, and used the salts and mud from the Dead Sea to regain her youth.

Geography.
The Dead Sea is a saline lake. Its dimensions are: 76 km length, up to 17 km width, 1,050 sq. km and 365 m depth. It is located 395 meters under the sea level and is the deepest point on the surface of the earth. It came to being under the influence of the tectonic activity that caused part of the land to sink and today it is a part of the Jordan Valley. It is located in the Syrian-African Rift Valley. Various types of rocks characterize the area of the Dead Sea, such as: rocks of the pre-Cambrian Period (mainly granite, volcanic rocks and acidic silicates), and in the southern area of the Dead Sea - rocks from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic periods. The varied rock types indicate the uniqueness and richness of the mineral composition of the water in the Dead Sea.

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