QUMRAN - DEAD SEA SCROLLS
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 DEAD SEA CAVESqumran5.jpg The cave in the center is the location at which the largest collection of the dead sea scroll manuscripts and fragments were found. 5KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 187KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, cave, scrolls, qumran.
 QUMRAN CAVE ENTRANCE
Qumran4entrance51-32tb.jpg A closeup of the entrance to the Qumran cave above.. Courtesy of BiblePlaces.comThis is a 3KB thumbnail. Click on
the image to see the enlarged 71 KB image. KEYWORDS: dead sea, cave, scrolls, qumran.
 QUMRAN RUINS #1qumran1.jpg This is some of the ruins of the community of Qumran. Many believe that this was occupied by the Essenes which are believed to be the people that made the Dead Sea Scrolls that were found in a nearby cave. 4KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 188KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins.
 QUMRAN RUINS #2qumran2.jpg This is an overview of some of the ruins of the community of Qumran. You can see the rugged hills to the right in which the dead sea scrolls were hidden in caves. 3KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 182KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins.
 QUMRAN RUINS #3qumran3.jpg This is some of the ruins of the community of Qumran. Many believe that this was occupied by the Essenes which are believed to be the people that made the Dead Sea Scrolls that were found in a nearby caves. This is the main hall in which it is believed that the scrolls were made by scribes working at tables. (NEED TO GET THIS CONFIRMED) 3KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 164KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins.
 QUMRAN RUINS #4qumran4.jpg This is some of the ruins of the community of Qumran. These steps led down to a baptismal area for ceremonial washings. (NEED TO GET THIS CONFIRMED)3KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 191KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins.
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 QUMRAN RUINS #6qumran6.jpg This is some of the ruins of the community of Qumran whom many believe were the makers of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is the eating and meeting hall of the Essenes. (NEED TO GET THIS CONFIRMED) 3KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 182KB image. SOURCE: Jerry Culbertson. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins.
 QUMRAN CISTERN
QumranCistern.jpg The round pit in the photo is the storage cistern where water was collected that ran down from the mountains in the infrequent rain. 4KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 105KB image. SOURCE: Bruce Einspahr. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins, cistern.
 QUMRAN WATER CHANNELQumranwater.jpg This water channel directed water to the water collection cisterns. 4KB thumbnail, Click on the image to see the full 96KB image. SOURCE: Bruce Einspahr. SCRIPTURE: N/A. KEYWORDS: dead sea, scrolls, qumran, ruins, cistern, water.
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