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📷 BOGDAN SIUDY · Pexels
Where in the world
Palestinian Territories
The site
Qumran is a Hellenistic-period settlement on a dry marl plateau about 1.5 km from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank. Built under the Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus, it was home to a Jewish sect most scholars identify with the Essenes until the Romans destroyed it in 68 CE. Qumran is best known as the settlement nearest the desert caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Hellenistic
- types
- Village
- built
- 104 BCE
- occupied
- 130 BCE — 68 CE
- country
- Palestinian Territories
See it in 3D
Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Qumran — and where they are today
