Big Cistern in Qumran where Dead Sea Scrolls were found, filled by rain, flash flood water led from Judean Desert by an aqueduct, also Mikveh & houses

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Huge water cistern from the 1st Temple era, an aqueduct, Mikveh and houses, 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
License: Royalty Free
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