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Qumran caves

Tefillin from around 2,000 years ago in the laboratories of the Israel Antiquities Authority. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
June 14, 2024, 10:24 am
Study: Ancient phylacteries’ natural leather color illustrates evolution of Jewish law
Analysis of 2,000-year-old tefillin found in Judean Desert caves shows no dye was used in their construction; deep black is mandated by contemporary Jewish Law
By Gavriel Fiske
Section of the Pesher Habakkuk scroll, as displayed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. (Wikipedia Commons)
September 24, 2023, 11:41 am
First recorded evidence of Yom Kippur depicts day of affliction as sectarian struggle
Prof. Yonatan Adler, author of ‘The Origins of Judaism,’ cites dramatic passage from the Dead Sea Scrolls that shows Hasmonean-era jostling for religious authority
By Gavriel Fiske
The ancient clay jug discovered by Robbie and his friend in cave 53 in the Qumran region, February 2022. (Amir Ganor/Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 8, 2022, 9:51 pm
American tourist stumbles upon intact Early Bronze Age pottery jug in Judean Desert
Officials say discovery at Qumran may be the first complete vessel from the period found in region’s caves
By ToI Staff
A window in the ancient kitchen at Qumran National Park was used to distribute food to the multitudes of Essenes who came to perform rituals at the site. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 20, 2021, 6:48 am
See the source of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran National Park
A sprawling compound shows that the area’s (sometimes gruesome) history, tied to an ancient Jewish sect, extends well beyond the caves made famous in 1947
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The Damascus Document Scroll, found in Cave 4 at Qumran (Library of Congress / Wikipedia)
September 28, 2021, 11:23 pm
Ancient text said to solve mystery of why Dead Sea Scrolls were placed in Qumran
Israeli researchers believe 1,000-year-old document from Cairo Geniza shows site hosted an annual event where Essene sect gathered, bringing religious scriptures they left behind
By ToI Staff
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March 16, 2021, 4:08 pm
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By ToI Staff
Archaeologists Hagay Hamer and Oriah Amichai sieving finds at the entrance to the Cave of Horror. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 16, 2021, 9:00 am
Bible scroll fragments among dazzling artifacts found in Dead Sea Cave of Horror
Parts of books of Nahum and Zechariah, world’s oldest woven basket, 6,000-year-old mummified child, Bar Kochba Revolt coins among stunning finds from daring Judean Desert rescue op
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Then-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz has a snowball fight with a family of Palestinians along the West Bank's Route 60 on December 15, 2013. (Judah Ari Gross/Israel Defense Forces)
December 29, 2019, 12:59 am
12 stories in 2019 that made Times of Israel reporters cry, laugh, cringe, cheer
As the year draws to a close, our reporters reflect on the work that touched them the most, from clambering the cliffs of Qumran to boogying at the Eurovision
By ToI Staff
Researcher Oren Gutfeld inside Cave 52 at the Qumran archaeological site, January 22, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 24, 2019, 9:51 pm
In the Qumran cliffs, an expedition digs up new Dead Sea Scroll caves
Winter excavation yields information on how an ascetic desert community lived and where it hid its precious sacred texts — and gives pointers for where to search next
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Photos and video: Luke Tress
An illustrative photo from May 2, 2018, of Dead Sea Scrolls displayed at the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 1, 2018, 11:56 pm
Newly discovered caves may hold more Dead Sea Scrolls
Though no new manuscripts found so far, archaeologists are hopeful after unearthing objects at Qumran used in the storage of ancient scripts
By ToI Staff
Rhonda Spivak
January 3, 2017, 2:17 pm
Rhonda Spivak
Could Israel lose the Dead Sea Scrolls?
UN Resolution 2334 hands Qumran to the Palestinians, raising the absurd specter of the PA appropriating Jewish history
Soldiers from the Givati Brigade seen at the entrance to a Hamas attack tunnel on July 23, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge. (Israel Defense Forces/Flash90)
July 23, 2014, 9:01 pm
Tunnel detection tech can work for Israel, says expert
It’s won’t be easy, says Paul Bauman — who ‘discovered’ Atlantis – but technology can help the IDF find Gaza tunnels
By David Shamah
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