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Episode Synopsis
During the early 1950s the riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls takes a new turn. Father Roland de Vaux, under the supervision of the Jordanian government, organizes a major excavation of the slumbering ruins at the site of Khirbet Qumran. It takes him six grueling years to excavate the ruins; and what he finds is nothing less than astounding. As the diggers meticulously remove the rubble from the site, an entire ancient settlement begins to appear…
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