Dead Sea towns around the lake. These towns had drinking water from the Ein Feshcha springs and other sweetwater springs in the vicinity. Intimately connected with the Judean wilderness to its northwest and west, the Dead Sea was a place of escape and refuge. The remoteness of the region attracted Greek Orthodox monks since the Byzantine era. Their monasteries, such as Saint George in Wadi Kelt and Mar Saba in the Judaean Desert, are places of pilgrimage. In the 19th century the River Jordan and the Dead Sea were explored by boat primarily by Christopher Costigan in 1835, Thomas Howard Molyneux in
Healers of the Dead Sea Healers of the Dead Sea Healers of the Dead Sea, produced by John Marco Allegro and Douglas Edwards, is a 30-minute CBS documentary regarding Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes. Allegro narrated and had begun work on the film for the BBC in 1980, under the alternative title ""The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls"". The film charted the discovery of the scrolls, showed how they had survived and emphasized their importance, guiding the viewer around the first century landscape of Qumran. Allegro aimed to increase public interest in the discovery by letting them imagine their way around the various