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Location: Sebastia West Bank Israel

The flourishing settlement of Qumran is destroyed …

Years: 31BCE - 31BCE

The flourishing settlement of Qumran is destroyed by an earthquake in 31 BCE; its inhabitants begin rebuilding the complex.

The site is best known as the settlement nearest to the caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls are hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace.

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