Slide Title
Preview
Date
Spring 4-1980
Description
Discovered in August of 1952, Cave 4 is located just a couple hundred feet from the ruins at Khirbet Qumran. It was discovered by a Ta’amireh Bedouin tribesman pursuing a partridge. Cave 4 has been the location for the greatest number scroll discoveries. It is actually two caves, known as 4a and 4b.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Subject Headings
Dead Sea scrolls; Religion -- Archaeology and religion; Archaeology -- Israel -- Qumran;
Country Name
Israel
City Name
Qumran
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet, "Qumran: Location of Dead Sea Scrolls, Cave 4" (1980). Smolski Images. 752.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/752
Keywords
archaeology, religion, historic, Dead Sea scrolls
Notes
Vanderkam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1994) pp. 10-11