Hopefully, when you think of Qumron, you think of the Dead Sea Scrolls. That would be correct, as there is a fairly clear account of when and how they were discovered, and exactly where, and by whom.
Again, I've returned to Wikipedia as a source of information on Qumron (alternately spelled Qumran), as well as information on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The one piece of information that stands out in my mind about Qumron is the fact that the scrolls found there confirm and verify the authenticity of the Old Testament portion of the Bible. Prior to their discovery, the oldest known texts were dated from about 900 A.D. The scrolls from Qumron have been dated to the second century B.C., over a thousand years earlier. Almost the entire Old Testament, with the exception of the Book of Esther, have been found there, at least in part, but many texts in whole. Many of the scrolls are now being kept in Jerusalem in the Israel Museum, which we visited a few days later.
Near the Entrance to Qumron
The Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
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