This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time. Jeremiah 32:14 North of En Gedi towards the northwestern end of the Dead Sea is the site of Qumran. There was little interest in its archeological remains until something remarkable was found nearby: the Dead Sea Scrolls. Quite possibly the most important archaeological find ever, the scrolls include the oldest known copies of the Hebrew Bible. They were discovered in caves […]
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Collected Artifacts
“That belongs in a museum.” Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The Israel Museum is one of my favorite museums, which I highly recommend if you enjoy archaeology. Besides all the amazing artifacts from throughout history found in Israel, there’s the Shrine of the Book (for the Dead Sea Scrolls) and the Second Temple Model. There are other wings devoted to art and other topics which I have not seen. Next to the Shrine of the Book is a 1:50 scale model of Jerusalem from the 1st century. It gives a great sense of what Jerusalem looked like […]