A bundle of four of these scrolls was purchased by "the Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem, Yeshue Samuel who then stored them in St. ... One such expedition was in 1949 when Father Roland de Vaux, Dominican Director of the French Ecole Biblique et Archeologique at Jerusalem and Professor Lankester Harding the British Director of the Department of Antiquities in Amran arrived in Qumran. ...

• Word Count: 5563
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

• Word Count: 10708
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School