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Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem. The cave where a young beduin looking for a sheep discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Israel archeology, Middle East - Judean desert, from Dead Sea to Jerusalem
Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem. The cave where a young beduin looking for a sheep discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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