European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 travel dead sea Rich in Mineral matter marketing mud photo by Dove Dudlo dead sea mud is sold As a Beauty product to cleanse and smooth the by Earleen Tatro associated press along the shores of the dead the ancient haunt of biblical heroes and tourists slather their bodies with gooey Black in modern resort inc mud churns and gurgles in steamy Young backpackers pick it up at will along the rheumatic oldsters Fly in from abroad on Holiday Tours to bask in the soak in the sea and apply the mud at private health mud is big business at the dead which at feet below sea level is the lowest spot on Kibbutz Ein an israeli collective farm 25 Miles Southeast of earned last year Selling the Black mud in foreign according to Tami the Kibbutz marketing manager for dead sea health we used to sell Only 100 percent shipping it in barrels to South America and South she in january we started working with an italian we sell them the mud and they make products that Are based on dead sea were in Contact with a company to Start Selling in the american like the dead sea from which it the mud has a us Lurous once you have put it it takes a lot of scrubbing to get it at the Moriah dead sea spa guests pay for the in even the mud you have to pay joked Uri the hotels general it is a natural millions of years Rich with the idea is that dead sea water is Good for you because of its High Content of sodium and other minerals that enter the body through pores in the a dip in the sea is popular with visitors with skin diseases and the mud Baths Are said to help rheumatism and people come by word of Mouth not because Doc tors recommend doctors Are not recommending it because up until this Point there has not been solid medical said David a dermatologist who emigrated to Israel four years ago from Santa and works at a medical clinic on the dead who specializes in said research is under Way in an Effort to document the Validity of the the mud is also marketed As a Beauty prod Kibbutz Ein Gedi has printed a brochure that includes a strategically cropped photograph of an attractive Young Man and woman sensually applying mud to each others the Kibbutz also produces plastic tubes of dead sea mud with instructions that Promise when used your skin will be deeply smooth and beautifully there is a More ominous Side to the dead which got its name because no fish or plants can live in the it is 10 times saltier than any giving it a natural buoyancy that Means even no swimmers can not you cant drown in the dead but you can die in drink half a Glass and youre said Shlomo head of the information department at the dead sea an Industrial Complex that extracts raw materials for pesticides and tourist officials estimated about israelis and foreigners visited the dead sea last the area is Rich in but there is not much to do except take the the lot hotel has the Sodom named for the old testament City destroyed by fire and Brimstone for its tradition places Sodom and its sister City go Morrah along the dead near the place where lots wife was turned into a pillar of according to the Book of the Young David hid in the caves of Ein Gedi to escape the Wrath of King just up the the dead sea scrolls were found in the Qumran the dreaded King whose death edicts sent Joseph and the baby Jesus fleeing to had a Palace at still unfulfilled is the prophecy of who wrote that when the Temple of Israel is rebuilt in the water of the dead sea will turn fresh and fill with for information about travel in the dead sea Contact israeli tourist Westen Strasse 6000 Frankfurt ministry of Box