Dead Sea stones left for Mt Everest

A matching monument will be placed by the Dead Sea next month, which will have a stone embedded in it from Mt. Everest.

April 26, 2013, 5:45 p.m.

A joint team led by Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu; Mayor of Tamar Regional Council-Dead Sea Israel; Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nepal; Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Nepal and Nepal Tourism Board left for Namche Bazaar on 21 April 2013 to place amonument brought from the Dead Sea in Israel at the base of Mt. Everest, Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu. 

The main ceremony in Nepal was held on 23 of April 2013 at Namche Bazaar to unveil the monument brought from the Dead Sea.  The monument has stones from the Dead Sea in Israel, the lowest place in the world embedded into it.

DovLitvinoff, Mayor of Tamar Regional Council in the Dead Sea in Israel, along with the artist, Mr. JojoOhayon brought the stone to Nepal for the ceremony.

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