Ein Feshkha (Arabic: عين فشخة, also Ain Al-Fashka) or Einot Tzukim (Hebrew: עינות צוקים, lit. 'cliff springs') is a 2,500 ha nature reserve and archaeological site on the north-western shore of the Dead Sea, about 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Qumran in the West Bank, Palestine.[1] It is located just north of the headland Râs Feshkhah, the "headland of Feshkhah".[2] Within the reserve is a group of springs of brackish water.[3] The nature reserve consists of an open section with pools of mineral water for bathing surrounded by high foliage and a section that is closed to visitors to protect the native flora and fauna.[4]
^Andrea Scozzari & Bouabid El Mansouri (2011) Water Security in the Mediterranean Region: An International Evaluation of Management, Control, and Governance Approaches, Springer, p.235.
^Palmer, 1881, p. 349
^The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
EinFeshkha (Arabic: عين فشخة, also Ain Al-Fashka) or Einot Tzukim (Hebrew: עינות צוקים, lit. 'cliff springs') is a 2,500 ha nature reserve and archaeological...
observing the positioning of Qumran atop a plateau overlooking the ‘EinFeshkha Springs, he concluded the ruins "may have very well been once a small...
illegal hunting. For the last time, an Arabian leopard was spotted in EinFeshkha. Common birds in the area include the fan-tailed raven, blackstart, tristram's...
2011, the most popular national parks were Yarkon National Park, Caesarea, Ein Gedi and Tel Dan. From the 1920s onwards, the British Mandatory government...
did seasons at Wadi Murabba'at with Lankester Harding in 1952, and at 'EinFeshkha, a few kilometres south of Qumran, in 1958, while returning regularly...
395–399. ISBN 965-220-209-6. Magen Broshi (1993). "Qumran, Khirbet And 'EinFeshkha". In Ephraim Stern (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations...
1973, Cohen Gan created plastic sleeves that stretched from a spring in EinFeshkha, south of Einot Tzukim (“Cliff Springs”), to the Dead Sea and floated...
also explored fish species living in the unique ecological niche of EinFeshkha. This site — the deepest continental point on Earth — is a saline wetland...
Robertson Smith proposed that it be identified with the modern 'Ain al-Feshkha, or else Khirbet es-Sŭmrah, or Khirbet Qumrân. Another ruin at that time...
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