Editing Dead Sea Scrolls (section)

===Qumran caves rediscovery and new scroll discoveries (1949–1951)===
[[File:Jericho and Dead Sea area and River Jordan. Qumran, caves where Dead Sea scrolls were found. Dead Sea in distance LOC matpc.22897 (cropped and level adjusted).jpg|thumb|right|A view of the Dead Sea from a cave at Qumran in which some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered]]

The rediscovery of what became known as Cave 1 at Qumran prompted the initial excavation of the site from 15 February to 5 March 1949 by the Jordanian [[Department of Antiquities (Jordan)|Department of Antiquities]], led by [[Gerald Lankester Harding]] and [[Roland de Vaux]].{{r|Vanderkam}}{{rp|9}} The Cave 1 site yielded discoveries of additional Dead Sea Scroll fragments, linen cloth, jars, and other artefacts.<ref name="biblicaltheology.com">{{cite web |author=S.S.L. Frantisek Trstensky |url=http://www.biblicaltheology.com/Research/TrstenskyF01.pdf |title=The Archaeological Site of Qumran and the Personality of Roland De Vaux |access-date=22 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326092939/http://biblicaltheology.com/Research/TrstenskyF01.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>