Archaeology of the Holy Land #4 of 4

Jerusalem & Archaeology From: Jewish Virtual Library (check it out)  Old City & Temple Mount The Broad Wall The Citadel of Jerusalem Robinson’s Arch The Western Wall Herodian Street Nea Church & the Cardo Eastern Cardo Old City Gates Northern Gate of Aelia Capitolina Solomon's Stables 

Jerusalem & Archaeology From: Jewish Virtual Library - Outside the Walls Ceramics Workshop Church of the Holy Sepulchre Burial Sites & Tombs King David's Tomb Hezekiah's Tunnel Warren's Shaft Hinnom Flank Mount of Olives Monastery Siloam Inscription Stone Vessel Workshop Water Systems  

Jerusalem & Archaeology From: Jewish Virtual Library - Recent Discoveries 12-Year old Israeli Girl Unearths Ancient Egyptian Amulet  (April 2016) 1,600-Year old Winery and Roman Bathhouse Discovered  (March 2016) 1st Century Mikveh With Inscriptions Found(August 2015) 6th Century Engraved Gold Artifacts Unearthed  (September 2013) 2,700 Year Old Inscribed Pottery Shard Found  (August 2013) 2,000 Year Old Cooking Pots Uncovered  (June 2013) 2,000 Year Old Stone Quarry Discovered  (May 2013) Second-Temple Period Ritual Bath Uncovered  (April 2013)

Biblical Archaeology Society The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands. BAS educates the public about archaeology and the Bible through its bi-monthly magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review, an award-winning web site www.biblicalarchaeology.org, books and multimedia products (DVDs, CD-ROMs and videos), and tours and seminars. Our readers rely on us to present the latest that scholarship has to offer in a fair and accessible manner. BAS serves as an important authority and as an invaluable source of reliable information.

Biblical Archaeology Society Written to be understood, Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) magazine delivers the excitement of archaeology and the latest in Bible scholarship. Explore the current issue along with web-only features and Scholar’s Study, where scholarly debates from the pages of BAR continue online.

(& the Dead Sea Scrolls) Qumran (& the Dead Sea Scrolls) Qumran is located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, several kilometers south of Jericho. In 1947, in a cave just south of Qumran, Bedouins found the first Dead Sea scrolls. Following this discovery, Qumran was excavated by the Dominican Father R. de Vaux in the years 1951-56. A complex of buildings, extending over an area of 100 x 80 m. was uncovered, dating to the Second Temple period.

Qumran & the Dead Sea Scrolls The location of the site and its plan, the scrolls found in the vicinity and the simple ceramic vessels of the inhabitants, bear witness in de Vaux's view, to a settlement of the Essene sect. We also know of the presence of the Essenes in the Judean Desert and near the Dead Sea from the writings of Pliny the Elder. (Naturalis Historia V, 17)

Qumran & the Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most interesting and important archaeological discoveries ever made, and the excavation of the Qumran community itself has provided invaluable information about Judaism and the Jewish world in the last centuries B.C.E. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, however, the Qumran site continues to be the object of intense scholarly debate. In a book meant to introduce general readers to this fascinating area of study, veteran archaeologist Jodi Magness here provides an overview of the archaeology of Qumran and presents an exciting new interpretation of this ancient community based on information found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other contemporary documents.

Caves hid the Dead Sea Scrolls