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Qumrān, Khirbat (historic site) |
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Lat: 31 44 27 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.7411 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 27 28 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.4588 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site near the northwest shore of the Dead Sea; believed to be home of a Jewish religious community, the Essenes, ca. 100 BCE-68 CE; when attacked by the Romans, the Essenes hid what have come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls in a group of caves. |
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Qumrān, Khirbat (preferred,C,V)
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Khirbat Qumrān (C,V,display)
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Qumran (C,U,English-P)
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קומראן (C,U,Hebrew )
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Khirbat Qumran (H,V)
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Khirbet Qumran (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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historic site (preferred, C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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5 groups of documents (including those known as the Dead Sea Scrolls) were found in 1947 in several caves |
ancient site (C) |
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inhabited place (C) |
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