Qumran

E62253

ancient settlement archaeological site

Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank best known for its ancient ruins and its association with the nearby caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Qumran canonical	11
Qumran Caves	3
Qumran community	2
Khirbet Qumran	1
Qumran Cave 1	1
Qumran Cave 11	1
Qumran National Park	1
Qumran National Park visitor center	1
Qumran area	1
Qumran community calendar	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient settlement ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType	fortified settlement ⓘ
associatedWith	Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ Essenes ⓘ Essenes ⓘ surface form: Qumran community
coordinateLocation	31.743°N 35.458°E ⓘ
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
culture	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
destroyed	around 68 CE ⓘ
distanceToDeadSea	about 1.5 kilometers ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about -40 meters ⓘ
excavatedBy	Roland de Vaux ⓘ
excavationStart	1951 ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFinding	coins ⓘ inkwells ⓘ parchment fragments ⓘ pottery ⓘ
hasPart	cemetery ⓘ communal dining hall ⓘ ritual baths ⓘ towers ⓘ water system ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Israeli National Park ⓘ
inception	late 2nd century BCE ⓘ
knownFor	association with Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ ruins of a Second Temple period settlement ⓘ
languageOfInhabitants	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Judean Desert ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Jericho Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear	Dead Sea ⓘ Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qumran Caves
materialUsed	mudbrick ⓘ stone ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Dead Sea ⓘ
partOf	Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qumran National Park
presentUse	archaeological park ⓘ
region	Judea ⓘ surface form: historical Judea
religiousUse	Jewish ritual practices ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction during First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
timePeriod	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean period Hellenistic period ⓘ Herodian period ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
visitorCenter	Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Qumran National Park visitor center

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dead Sea shore → near → Qumran ⓘ

Essenes → associatedWith → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran community

Essenes → possibleSettlementAt → Qumran ⓘ

Ein Gedi → near → Qumran ⓘ

Qumran → locatedNear → Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran Caves

Qumran → partOf → Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran National Park

Qumran → visitorCenter → Qumran self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran National Park visitor center

Judean Desert → contains → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran Caves

Jubilees → foundAt → Qumran ⓘ

Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes → possibleAssociation → Qumran ⓘ

subject surface form: Essenes

this entity surface form: Qumran community

11Q5 → foundIn → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran Cave 11

11Q5 → discoveredAt → Qumran ⓘ

Roland de Vaux → conductedExcavationsAt → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khirbet Qumran

Arugot Waterfall → nearbyAttraction → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran Caves

Yigael Yadin → directedExcavation → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran area

Book of the Watchers → foundAt → Qumran ⓘ

Astronomical Book → foundAtSite → Qumran ⓘ

Astronomical Book → influenced → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran community calendar

Genesis Apocryphon → foundIn → Qumran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Qumran Cave 1

Hellenistic–Roman Judea → hasKeySite → Qumran ⓘ

Book of Giants → placeOfDiscovery → Qumran ⓘ