ruins

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The round pit in the photo is the storage cistern where water was collected that ran down from the mountains in the infrequent rain.

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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.

Jerry Culbertson provided many photos for this site.
Contact Jerry at the link below about conducting a Bible Archaeology Seminar at your church.

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This is some of the ruins of the community of Qumran. These steps led down to a baptismal area for ceremonial washings.

Jerry Culbertson provided many photos for this site.
Contact Jerry at the link below about conducting a Bible Archaeology Seminar at your church.

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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.

Jerry Culbertson provided many photos for this site.
Contact Jerry at the link below about conducting a Bible Archaeology Seminar at your church.

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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.

Jerry Culbertson provided many photos for this site.
Contact Jerry at the link below about conducting a Bible Archaeology Seminar at your church.

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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.

Jerry Culbertson provided many photos for this site.
Contact Jerry at the link below about conducting a Bible Archaeology Seminar at your church.

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This view gives an idea of how large the top of the mountain was.

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This view gives an idea of how large the top of the mountain was.

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The roman army built this siege wall around the Masada fortress to make sure that no one escaped.

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These school ruins on Masada have been covered with a modern roof.