![The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a series of twelve caves around the site known as Wadi Qumran near the Dead Sea in the West Bank (of the Jordan River) between The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a series of twelve caves around the site known as Wadi Qumran near the Dead Sea in the West Bank (of the Jordan River) between](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RJRPH4/the-dead-sea-scrolls-were-discovered-in-a-series-of-twelve-caves-around-the-site-known-as-wadi-qumran-near-the-dead-sea-in-the-west-bank-of-the-jordan-river-between-1946-and-1956-by-bedouin-shepherds-and-a-team-of-archaeologists-the-practice-of-storing-worn-out-sacred-manuscripts-in-earthenware-vessels-buried-in-the-earth-or-within-caves-is-related-to-the-ancient-jewish-custom-of-genizah-408-bce-to-318-ce-dead-sea-scrolls-also-qumran-caves-scrolls-are-ancient-jewish-religious-mostly-hebrew-manuscripts-found-in-the-qumran-caves-in-the-west-bank-near-the-dead-sea-RJRPH4.jpg)
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a series of twelve caves around the site known as Wadi Qumran near the Dead Sea in the West Bank (of the Jordan River) between
![File:Dead Sea Scroll 175, Testimonia, from Qumran Cave 4. The Jordan Museum, Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Dead Sea Scroll 175, Testimonia, from Qumran Cave 4. The Jordan Museum, Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Dead_Sea_Scroll_175%2C_Testimonia%2C_from_Qumran_Cave_4._The_Jordan_Museum%2C_Amman.jpg/1280px-Dead_Sea_Scroll_175%2C_Testimonia%2C_from_Qumran_Cave_4._The_Jordan_Museum%2C_Amman.jpg)
File:Dead Sea Scroll 175, Testimonia, from Qumran Cave 4. The Jordan Museum, Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Jericho and Dead Sea area and River Jordan. Qumran, caves of Dead Sea scrolls. 1947, West Bank, Qumran Site Stock Photo - Alamy Jericho and Dead Sea area and River Jordan. Qumran, caves of Dead Sea scrolls. 1947, West Bank, Qumran Site Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B9KX41/jericho-and-dead-sea-area-and-river-jordan-qumran-caves-of-dead-sea-scrolls-1947-west-bank-qumran-site-2B9KX41.jpg)
Jericho and Dead Sea area and River Jordan. Qumran, caves of Dead Sea scrolls. 1947, West Bank, Qumran Site Stock Photo - Alamy
![File:Part of Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1, the Jordan Museum in Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Part of Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1, the Jordan Museum in Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Part_of_Dead_Sea_Scroll_28a_from_Qumran_Cave_1%2C_the_Jordan_Museum_in_Amman.jpg)
File:Part of Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1, the Jordan Museum in Amman.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![TIME Magazine Cover: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Apr. 15, 1957 - Israel - Jordan - Religion - Middle East TIME Magazine Cover: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Apr. 15, 1957 - Israel - Jordan - Religion - Middle East](http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1957/1101570415_400.jpg)
TIME Magazine Cover: The Dead Sea Scrolls - Apr. 15, 1957 - Israel - Jordan - Religion - Middle East
![File:The so-called Copper Dead Sea Scrolls at the Jordan Museum, from Qumran Cave 3, 1st century CE.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The so-called Copper Dead Sea Scrolls at the Jordan Museum, from Qumran Cave 3, 1st century CE.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/The_so-called_Copper_Dead_Sea_Scrolls_at_the_Jordan_Museum%2C_from_Qumran_Cave_3%2C_1st_century_CE.jpg)
File:The so-called Copper Dead Sea Scrolls at the Jordan Museum, from Qumran Cave 3, 1st century CE.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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