Despite its name, it determines that the Caspian is neither lake nor sea. The surface is to be treated as a sea, with states granted jurisdiction over 15 nautical miles of water from their coasts and fishing rights over an additional ten miles. What is special about the Caspian Sea?Read More →
With the lines ‘The harpies of the shore shall pluck / The eagle (American symbol) of the sea,’ Holmes demonstrates that it’s often those who have the least to do with the ship or country’s operations that are the most willing to allow it to fall into disrepair. Why isRead More →
In the Norse, one day a skipper wanted to buy the hand-mill from him, and eventually persuaded him. In all versions, the new owner took it to sea and set it to grind out salt. It ground out salt until it sank the boat, and then went on grinding inRead More →
The Genesis Apocryphon was one of the seven major scrolls found at Qumran in Cave 1. It is one of the collection in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which has over 800 documents in fragmentary form. What books of the Bible were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Moreover, the DeadRead More →
Mandeans are the only surviving traditional Gnostics, with no more than 20,000 adherents living in southern Iraq and south-western Iran. Are Gnostics Pagan? Gnosticism from its origins constituted a rival religion to both Judaism and Christianity. There were indeed Jewish Gnostics, and a bewildering array of Christian Gnostic sects, butRead More →
Many that dwelled on land were dinosaurs. But no dinos swam in the seas. The oceans had their own cadre of reptiles. Many were top predators, the sharks and killer whales of their time. Where do the dinosaurs live? Most of the dinosaurs we have found lived along ancient riversRead More →
Sea urchin stings are immediately painful. They often leave puncture wounds on the skin, which can easily become infected if not treated immediately. The stung area may become red and swollen. If the skin is punctured (which is common), the puncture site is often a blue-black bruised color. How manyRead More →
While you can’t swim at most Darwin beaches, Lake Alexander is filled with filtered seawater, providing a safe, stinger-free swimming space in natural surroundings, complete with picnic areas and playgrounds so the whole family can enjoy. Why can’t you swim at the beach in Darwin? Darwin is the capital ofRead More →
Fishermen used nets, baskets, spears, hook and line, and in some situations, their bare hands to angle the musht, biny, sardine, and other species common to the lake of Galilee. “Fishing was hard work, especially for fisherman who stood on the bank and had to throw their nets out intoRead More →
Droughts of the early and mid-1990s dried out the marshy northern margin of the lake. Is the Galilee Sea drying up? But even as the Sea of Galilee is swelling, hundreds of miles to the northeast, the world’s largest lake is drying, according to new research by Dutch scientists. …Read More →