Jordan River |
The Jordan River
The Two Seas |
THE JORDAN, WITH ITS LONG, EXTENSIVE HISTORY, CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST VISITED - AND MOST HOTLY CONTESTED - SITES IN THE WORLD. EACH YEAR, PEOPLE FLOCK TO THESE WATERS WITH THE HOPES OF BEING CLEANSED, AND TO VISIT THE SITE OF A BAPTISM THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. AS TIME GOES ON HOWEVER, THE ROAR OF THE WATER DWINDLES WITH EACH PASSING DAY. DAMS HAVE BEEN ERECTED, RAW SEWAGE CONTINUES TO BE SPILLED INTO THE DEPTHS, AND THE WATER LEVEL KEEPS DROPPING FURTHER AND FURTHER.
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