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Qumran

The site near the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered

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The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in caves near here starting in 1947. The site itself was dug up in the 1950s.

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An ancient settlement on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, associated with the Essene community. In 1947, Bedouin shepherds discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls in nearby caves — the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible.

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