The Dead Sea Courtney Barnett Hollywood and mid-to-late twentieth century

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The Dead Sea Courtney Barnett Hollywood and mid-to-late twentieth centuryThe Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeformseven so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in its story are not only Jews and Arabs, but also Greeks, Nabataeans, Romans, Crusaders and Mamluks. Today it has become a tourist hotspot, but its drying basin is