The winter rains have “greened” the area around Khirbet Qumran. It’s a perfect moment for a group shot, taken on a trail just below Cave 1 where the first set of the Dead Sea Scrolls was found. Among that set was “the Great Isaiah Scroll,” the oldest complete copy of the book of Isaiah (ca. 100 BC).
Pilgrims below Cave 1 near Khirbet Qumran where Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered.