Judaean Desert
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The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert is a desert in the West Bank and Israel that stretches east of the ridge of the Judaean Mountains and in their rain shadow, so east of Jerusalem, and descends to th
Judaean Desert
The Judaean Desert lies just east of Jerusalem. The Old City appears in the foreground, and the desert in the background.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the caves surrounding Qumran.
Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George in Wadi Qelt.
Qumran Caves
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The Qumran Caves are a series of caves, both natural and artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumran in the Judaean Desert. It is in these caves that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovere
Judaean Desert
…about 1.5 kilometers (1 mi) from the Dead Sea's northwest shore. According to conventional archeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were found in the Qumran Caves, were written by Essenes. During the First Jewish–Roman War (67–73 CE) and the Bar Kokhba revolt (132-135 CE), Jewish rebels took advantage of the…
Cave 4Q with other caves in the background
Scrolls in situ
Qumran pottery
Caves 4Qa right & 10Q left of upper center, seen from Wadi Qumran to the south