Judean Hills

Caves of Qumran, Israel

Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls

A Beduoin shepherd boy found the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave on the shores of the Dead Sea in 1947.  View the site where Essenes, a Jewish sect from the time of the Second Temple, lived in the desert, but due to their belief in celibacy, died out. “During the high priesthood of