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Archaeological Sites & Terrain c. 150 BC – 68 AD • Northwestern Dead Sea Shore

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Khirbet Qumran & Dead Sea Caves

3D photogrammetry reconstruction of the Khirbet Qumran settlement plateau overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Wilderness, featuring the watchtower, scriptorium, communal dining hall, aqueduct-fed ritual immersion pools (miqva'ot), and adjacent marl scroll caves.

Dimensions & Context

Settlement plateau ~80 × 65 m above the northwestern Dead Sea

Materials & Medium

Fieldstone walls, plastered cisterns, and stepped miqva'ot
Scriptorium benches and pottery kilns
Marl terrace cliffs containing Qumran Caves 4Q–10Q

Scripture Passages

Joshua 15:61 Isaiah 40:3 Matthew 3:1 Luke 1:80

Attribution & License

Creator / Scanner: Davide Specchi (@Davide.Specchi)
Collection / Institution: Open Archaeological Heritage Survey
License: CC BY 4.0 ↗
Source Archive: View Original Scan / Source ↗

Related Topics & Passages

Isaiah 40 Dead Sea Scrolls & Qumran Storage Jars Isaiah Joshua 15 Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature Joshua