Yohanan Aharoni at the time reported that he located pottery from the First Temple period [1200-586 BCE] but so far ... The post Enigmatic 2,200-year-old ‘pyramid’ near Dead Sea may have been fortress ...

Israeli archaeologist Yuval Peleg says Qumran was originally a small fort that was later converted into a pottery factory to serve nearby towns. Ahikam Seri The Dead Sea Scrolls remained hidden in ...