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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Kalya

 
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By Dale K. Benington, April 11, 2019
Kiln Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Kiln
This Kiln was used to fire the pottery utensils manufactured in the potter's workshop. — Map (db m132403) HM
2Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Kitchenמטבח
Scholars believe that this room was the common kitchen used by the inhabitants of Qumran. — Map (db m132414) HM
3Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Pottery Storeroom
The utensils found here were broken in the earthquake of 31 B.C.E. — Map (db m132410) HM
4Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Qumran Cave 1 / מערת 1
In 1947, three Bedouin shepherds discovered eight clay jars in this cave. One jar contained three scrolls: the complete Isaiah Scroll (written in popular version), the Community Rule (the rule book of the Qumran Sect), and the Habakkuk . . . — Map (db m144168) HM
5Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Ritual Bath
They labor with great diligence till the fifth hour, after which they assemble themselves into one place, and when they have clothed themselves in white veils, they bath their bodies in cold water, and after this purification is over they meet . . . — Map (db m132188) HM
6Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — The Bursar of the Congregation
"After he has entered the council of the community ... he shall not have any share of the property of the congregation ... and if it be his destiny to enter the company of the community ... his property and earnings shall be handed over to the . . . — Map (db m132208) HM
7Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — The Refectory
"They shall eat in common and bless in common and deliberate in common ... and when the table has been prepared for eating and the new wine for drinking the priest shall be the first to stretch out his hand to bless the first provie of the bread [or . . . — Map (db m132231) HM
8Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — The Scrolls Cave
Bedouins discovered this cave in August of 1952. Fourteen thousand fragments of scrolls were unearthed as they sifted through the dust within. Archaeologists who reached the cave later, uncovered an additional 1,000 fragments. Scholars believe that . . . — Map (db m132458) HM
9Palestinian Territories, West Bank (Megilot Council), Kalya — Work Area
100,000 date pits and an apparatus for the production of date honey were discovered here. — Map (db m132444) HM
 
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