The history magazine Sàpiens used the infographic The Ruins of Qumran for its report entitled Israel i els secrets de les ruïnes de Qumran (Israel and the Secrets of the Ruins of Qumran), in which it explained the contents of the manuscripts discovered in 1947 in the caves of the Khirbet Qumran site, in the West Bank region, near the Dead Sea. These texts, written mostly in Hebrew and Aramaic, date back from 250 BC to 60 AC, are reproductions, studies and interpretations of the Bible. The Qumran ruins and the manuscripts are related to the Essene ascetics, Jewish sect contemporary with the emergence of Christianity and which was critical of the official religion. The infographic ideally reproduces the Qumran settlement based on archaeological findings. Sàpiens magazine, published monthly, is published in Barcelona and is written in Catalan.
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