Dead Sea Warriors: Ancient Fortress of Qumran


	Dead Sea Warriors: Ancient Fortress of Qumran

invictus

7-12-2007 8:02 PM

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archaeology, qumran, dead sea scrolls, middle east

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Fierce warriors once occupied the famous complex where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, new research suggests.

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<A href="http://www.livescience.com/history/top10_ancient_capitals.html">Ruins</A>  of the Qumran site—in the present-day West Bank—resemble a monastery, but scholars have argued over its uses before the religious sect who penned <A href="http://www.livescience.com/history/ap_050715_biblical_fragment.html">the scrolls</A>  moved in somewhere between 130 and 100 B.C. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/history/070712_scrolls_site.html"><DIV>
Using the world's first virtual 3-D reconstruction of the site, historians recently found evidence of a fortress that was later converted into its more peaceful, pious function.  </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/history/070712_scrolls_site.html"><DIV>
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