"The Dead Sea Scrolls" Khirbat Qumran by FruitLover

Khirbat Qumran Travel Guide: 10 reviews and 53 photos

Treasures in the Judean Desert - Qumran Ruin

Qumran's fame comes from a break-away sect, known as the ESSENES, who lived and studied there for two centuries - from the end of Hashmonean period, through the great revolt of the Jews against the Romans - and left in the surrounding caves a magnificent legacy, that we now call the Dead Sea Scroll.

Ancient Hebrew scrolls accidently discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin boy, caused a geat excitement because these Dead-Sea Scrolls reveal about the history of the Second Temple period( 520 BCE- 70 CE), until its destruction in 70 CE - a time of crucial developments in the crystallization of the MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS.

Location

Located west of the Kaliah-Sedom road [road 90] on the north-western shore of the Dead Sea.

Last visit to Khirbat Qumran: Mar 2008
Intro Updated Mar 21, 2008
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North of Judean Desert, near Dead Sea - Khirbat Qumran

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hekate May 20, 2006 at 12:10 AM

that is a place with a rough beauty...
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orlikins May 5, 2006 at 8:23 AM

Very interesting!