The scrolls were smuggled out of Jerusalem and stashed during one of the Roman Wars / Jewish Wars. The only trace of the Essenes is in a single account of some hermits who lived in small caves along the Dead Sea (described in Josephus I think). The multi-storey building at Qumran was used as a working manorial farm, hotel, and maybe a whorehouse at different times during its ancient existence.
copper scroll treasure map
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