The Dead Sea Scrolls
In the scorching, blistering Jordan desert in the Middle East there lies a cave that is home to one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the century. The Dead Sea Scrolls wrapped in linen cloth, enclosed in jars contains the unexplained excerpts of the Bible. Around 150 BCE a group of people known as the Dead Sea Sect, who are believed to be the ancient biblical people called the Essenes, wrote numerous scrolls about their ways of life, and their ways of religion. The discovery of the scrolls in Qumran and the insight it contained, questioned the interpretation of the Bible. The Dead Sea Scrolls are also known as the Qumran manuscripts because the scrolls were found in a group of caves surrounding the Dead Sea in Jordan called Qumran. The scrolls were found at the lower elevations of the Dead Sea. Along with the scrolls artifacts were later found at Qumran, which dated back to the Iron Age 2, which was between the eight-seventh century BC. This site was later named “Ir Ha-Melah” City of Salt. The discovery of the scrolls was not by archeologists, but rather a boy from a Bedouin tribe called Muhammad Adh-Dhib. This boy accidentally stumbled upon the scrolls while looking for treasure in the Qum
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