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the dead sea scrolls!!
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Where were the dead sea scrolls?
the dead sea scrolls were found in the mountain side caves of the dead sea
Where was the discovery of the dead sea scrolls made?
they were found in caves by the dead sea by a Shepperd and there was texts of the bible in more detail and perseverance.
What were dead sea scrolls put in?
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in eleven caves around Qumran. They were found by a sheep herder. The scrolls were found inside sealed pots/jars in the caves. They were 972 previously undiscovered texts from the Hebrew Bible.
What is the name of the Hebrew fragments of the old testament books except Esther and the complete book of Isaiah found in 1947 in some caves near the Dead Sea dating around 100 BCE?
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which were found in the Qumran caves.
Is limestone found in Israel?
Yes. There are substantial limestone beds in Israel. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in limestone caves there.
Who dicovered the dead sea scrolls?
The first schrolls were found by shepherds in a cave. The story goes the boy threw a stone in a cave and he heard the sound of a pot breaking, it was later found in eleven caves called The Dead sea Schrolls.
How many jars contained the Dead Sea Scrolls?
The Dead Sea Scrolls consisted of some 800 to 900 scrolls, some of them now fragmentary, found in eleven caves. They were stored in hundreds of jars.
How do they know that sea caves have once been dry?
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What is the body of water that is near Jerusalem where the scrolls of the bible were found?
The Dead Sea Scrolls that contained many of the books of the Hebrew Bible, along with many other ancient writings, were found in caves on the western side of the body of Water. The Dead Sea is an inland salt sea bounded by the nations of Israel and Jordan.
Are there caves other than the Dead Sea caves that are dry and far below sea level?
Here is an example a Dead Sea cave that is both dry and 300 meters below sea level http://z.about.com/d/archaeology/1/7/l/hqumran_cave4.jpg
How are the dead sea caves not filled with sea?
I think that everyday the tide changes from being high and being no tide.
Where were the Dead Sea Scrolls found?
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name. They were specifically located at Khirbet Qumran in the British Mandate for Palestine, in what is now known as the West Bank.
