56 years ago: The Qumran Cliffs Survey
56 years ago this week, along with the excavation of cave 2, a survey of the cliffs (8 km long, i.e., running 4 km north and south of Wadi Qumran) was carried out under the direction of R. de Vaux…
If we would allow Cave 2 to speak for itself …
Cave 2 (2Q; a.k.a. Survey Cave 19) (map ref. 1933.1284) In February of 1952 Bedouin discovered that this cave contained numerous scroll fragments and offered them for sale. At that time deVaux was excavating the caves at Wadi Murabba‘at and…
The Setting of the Mould: the connection between Cave 1 and Khirbet Qumran
In December 1951, four years after the discovery of Cave 1, Roland de Vaux connected its manuscript remains to the nearby site of Khirbet Qumran when he found one of the unique cylindrical jars, typical of Cave 1, embedded in…
The Setting of the Mould: the connection between Cave 1 and Khirbet Qumran
In December 1951, four years after the discovery of Cave 1, Roland de Vaux connected its manuscript remains to the nearby site of Khirbet Qumran when he found one of the unique cylindrical jars, typical of Cave 1, embedded in…
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