LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Dead Sea Scrolls: Khirbet Qumran
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Unique wide-mouthed jars which held many of the scrolls are found only the region around Jericho and the Dead Sea. They have been used to attempt to determine when the scrolls were deposited in the caves. De Vaux, the archaeologist who excavated Khirbat Qumran, found a similar wide-mouthed jar in the ruins there.
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Course participants will explore a variety of facets of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in 1954 in caves near Qumran, Israel. They were hidden in 68 A.D. from Roman armies that destroyed the sect that created the Scrolls.
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People coming from Jerusalem should take the road leading from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, until reaching the turn to route 90 towards Ein-Gedi (southwards). Near the Kalia Kibbutz, there is a sign pointing to the Qumran site.
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