The Lowest Point On Earth Museum

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Located at the southern edge of the Dead Sea, 1,329 feet below sea level, the Lowest Point On Earth Museum was developed by the Hellenic Society for the Near East in collaboration with the British Museum to preserve and present the region’s rich history. The curving galleries are filled with antiquities ranging from 4,500-year-old pottery excavated from the biblical towns of Sodom and Gomorrah to Bronze Age ceramics recovered from inside Lot’s cave, preserved Greco-Roman garments, and mosaics salvaged from a Byzantine monastery. The story of the Arab, Jewish, and Christian communities that settled in the region are told through a collection of tombstones from the many cemeteries, while contemporary handicrafts and tools give a look into the lives of the Bedouin and villagers that live in the region today. Films in the museum theatre cover everything from mosaic conservation efforts to the geology of the Dead Sea and the Rift Valley.