World Discoveries III: Dead Sea also shares the Dead Sea's Biblical history. Located on the border of Israel, King Herod used it as his spa, and King David made it his retreat. But more ominously, the Dead Sea is said to have witnessed the extreme, supernatural fire that violently destroyed the sinners in Sodom and Gomorrah. Centuries later the climate surround the Dead Sea is still arid and parched. The filmmaker asks how the blessed Jordan River, which the Hebrews crossed to get into the Promised Land and is surrounded by beautiful banana groves, could feed into this unholy, salty lake. Other documentaries concerning Israel:
Middle Branch Dead Diamond River Middle Branch Dead Diamond River The Middle Branch of the Dead Diamond River is a long river in northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the East Branch of the Dead Diamond River, located in the Androscoggin River watershed of Maine and New Hampshire. The Middle Branch flows for most of its length through Pittsburg, the northernmost town in New Hampshire. It flows southeast through a wide valley between Magalloway Mountain (3,383 feet above sea level) to the south and Diamond Ridge (3,230 ft) to the north. The river then turns south and flows parallel