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On Colors (Greek Περὶ χρωμάτων; Latin De Coloribus) is a treatise attributed to Aristotle [1] but sometimes ascribed to Theophrastus or Strato.The work outlines the theory that all colors (yellow, red, purple, blue, and green) are derived from mixtures of black and white.
English: Dead Sea Scroll number 28a (1Q28a), from Qumran Cave 1; complete. From Qumran (Khirbet Qumran or Wadi Qumran), West Bank of the Jordan River, near the Dead Sea, modern-day State of Israel. On display at The Jordan Museum in Amman, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Waters of the southern spring sprout from the mountain ending up in the sea. [ 9 ] According to Al-Tamimi, the physician , Callirrhoe (formerly called aḏ-Ḏara ), was the source of the highly sought-after "salt of Sodom" ( Arabic : milḥ anḏrānī ), a crystalline salt that is white, shiny and sticky.
The proposed Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance. In May 2009 at the World Economic Forum, Jordan introduced plans for a "Jordan National Red Sea Development Project" (JRSP). This is a plan to convey seawater from the Red Sea near Aqaba to the Dead Sea. Water would be desalinated along the route to provide fresh water to Jordan, with the brine ...
The Zanclean flood or Zanclean deluge is theorized to have refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago. [1] This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, although it is possible that even before the flood there were partial connections to the Atlantic Ocean. [2]
English: Many Dead Sea Scrolls were found rolled-up inside specific jars. The jars were made locally, in the Dead Sea area, and had tightly-fitting covers. From Qumran (Khirbet Qumran or Wadi Qumran), West Bank of the Jordan River, near the Dead Sea, modern-day State of Israel. The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan Hashimite
The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
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