In addition to a video that shows her swimming in the sea, Marina shared a picture of herself covered in mud. The Dead Sea borders Jordan to the east and the West Bank and Israel to the west.

In fact, it is hard to actually swim in the Dead Sea because of the buoyancy. The high concentration of minerals in the mud and salt is said to provide relief from skin aliments and arthritis.

An Israeli visitor at a Dead Sea hotel resort poses with mineral-rich Dead Sea mud lathered on her skin on ... U.N. delegates swim in the Dead Sea during a visit in 1947, prior to the creation ...

The mud is good for the skin ... This is why floating on Dead Sea is so easy, but swimming is hard. The science of buoyancy ...

And what happens to Ahava's business model if the Dead Sea runs dry? Going global It all began in 1988, when Ziva Gilad, a local spa technician, noticed female tourists bottling mud to take home.

When you left your swim trunks but wanna do the mud scrub in the Dead Sea. #drawers #casspifoundation A photo posted by iMan Shumpert (@imanshumpertthe1st) on Jul 28, 2015 at 9:53am PDT The Dead ...

Swimming isn’t necessary since it’s impossible ... Most resorts offer pots of Dead Sea mud for slathering on one’s body.

Recent travelers describe a swim in these waters ... Many also believe that the Dead Sea (and its mud) has healing powers. Although that hasn't been proven, both the mud and the salty water ...