Jeb and Blake discuss the two-millennia old archaeological treasure known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. 

(Watch this ISO episode on YouTube)

The Dead Sea is not strictly dead. It has bacteria and freshwater vents in the bottom act similarly to how volcanic vents promote life in the deep sea.

Jeb mentioned "the Aral sea" before & after shots - 1989 compared to 2014.

 

A list of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth.

Wikipedia entry on the Essenes includes this:

Josephus later gave a detailed account of the Essenes in The Jewish War (c. 75 CE), with a shorter description in Antiquities of the Jews (c. 94 CE) and The Life of Flavius Josephus (c. 97 CE). Claiming firsthand knowledge, he lists the Essenoi as one of the three sects of Jewish philosophy[7] alongside the Pharisees and the Sadducees. He relates the same information concerning piety, celibacy, the absence of personal property and of money, the belief in communality, and commitment to a strict observance of Sabbath. He further adds that the Essenes ritually immersed in water every morning, ate together after prayer, devoted themselves to charity and benevolence, forbade the expression of anger, studied the books of the elders, preserved secrets, and were very mindful of the names of the angels kept in their sacred writings. 

Jerusalem 

The Six-Day War 

Temple Mount 

Al-Aqsa Intifada 

Spring at Ein Feshka 

Before we get to Nimoy Fashion Alert - we first find Nimoy high above some large body of water, but we are extremely skeptical (even with the flag) that this is Israel.

The First Jewish-Roman War 

TV Mini-Series MASADA. 

The ruins of Qumran 

The initial discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls 

The MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE scrolls were fake.

Copper treasure scrolls mentioned

The Shrine of the Book now houses most of the known authentic scroll content.

There is a discussion of the "Greater Israel" idea in our coverage.

Check out the attachments for some contemporaneous DSS coverage from the news.