With links to photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran caves, surrounding area and 2000-year-old artifacts, take a virtual trip to experience this archaeological discovery.

Online version of the Library of Congress exhibition telling the story of the discovery and setting the scrolls in their historical context. Images and translations of scroll fragments.

Bibliography, conference announcements, papers and e-mail discussion group.

New York Times article about the scientific arguments over the scrolls' origins.

Article by David Ramsay proposing that the Essenes were once the predominant party within Judaism.`

The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago explains its work on the scrolls, and argues against the view of them in the Library of Congress exhibition as the library of the Essene sect.

Includes links; bibliography; ancient and modern timelines; investigators and historic figures; glossary; and inventory of manuscripts.

The Gnostic Society Library's collection of texts from the Scrolls, a listing of internet resources for further research, and a reading list.

History, discovery, and content of the famous scrolls.

Timetable of discovery and debate, with several links.

Describes manuscripts of the book, or mentioning the prophet.