Huge Water Reservoir in Qumran, filled by rain and flash floods water led by an aqueduct from the Judean Desert above Qumran by the Dead Sea.

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Staircase going down to a huge water reservoir in Qumran, it is an arid area in the Judean Desert by the Dead Sea where water is scarce, when it rains or when flash floods occur then aqueducts lead the water to the reservoir. Qumran was where the Essenes lived and around which most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Qumran near the Dead Sea, Israel. June 28, 2024

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Location: Qumran, Israel
Photo credit: © Dan Porges / Alamy / Afripics
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