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Date
Spring 4-1980
Description
In 1947 a group of Bedouin shepherds happened upon what would be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Between 1947 and 1956 both the Bedouin and archaeologists performed a comprehensive search of eleven caves in Qumran, which resulted in the recovery of thousands of fragments and several nearly complete scrolls.
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: Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were Discovered" (1980). Smolski Images. 753.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/753
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. 10-12