The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east of Israel.
Located 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, it is lowest point on land and its waters are 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.
One of the world's first health resorts, people use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets.

Masada is an ancient fortification on top of an isolated rock plateau on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert. 
The Siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire towards the end of the First Jewish–Roman War
ended in the mass suicide of the 960 Jewish rebels who refused to be captured alive.