"The NEOM Brine Pools, as we name them, extend the known geographical range of Red Sea brine pools, and represent a unique preservational environment for the sedimentary signals of regional climatic and tectonic events," the authors of the Discovery of the deep-sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea added.

A shocking discovery in part of the Red Sea where some believe Moses split it has been made – experts have called these 'death traps' a great analogy for early life on Earth