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Lauded as the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century, the Judean Desert Scrolls, commonly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in this cave and ten others at Qumran, Israel, located near the northwest shoreline of the Dead Sea, the lowest land area on Earth at approximately 1,400 feet (427 meters) below sea level.