The Oasis of Ein Gedi lies on the bank of it, and the chief settlements of the Essenes were on its shores.
The Arnon River drains into this body of water, also known as Lake Asphaltites, and the Al-Lisan peninsula juts into the eastern side of it. The Oasis of Ein Gedi lies on the bank of it, and the chief settlements of the Essenes were on its shores. The village of Qumran lies on the northwest shore of it, and Sodom and Gomorrah lied on the southwestern shore of it. FTP, identify this Middle Eastern sea where some scrolls were found in some caves nearby.
The Arnon River drains into this body of water, also known as Lake Asphaltites, and the Al-Lisan peninsula juts into the eastern side of it.
{Dead Sea} (accept Al-Bahr al Mayyit, Yam Hamelah, East Sea, Sea of the Plain, or Salt Sea)