The foundations of Christianity and Judaism are detailed in these slides, accompanied by bright, vivid pictures and maps. This presentation would successfully supplement a lesson on world religions or to contextualize the history of the...

In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students examine the chart that includes details about 15 famous world lakes. Students identify the names of the lakes in 3 minutes.

View this special online exhibition showing at the Jewish Museum that explores the discovery of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls in 1947 providing much information "about the development of early Judaism and Christianity". The exhibit...

This site calls the 20th century 'the century of discovery' because of the large number of artifacts found. It cites the Dead Sea Scrolls as one of the most important discoveries ever. Additionally this site provides general and...

This site offers a huge timeline chronicling the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes, their authors,as well as links to related sites.

Virtual exhibit gives users access to some of the most important ancient manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls. Provides images, short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.

This site from the Jewish Virtual Library provides an overview of the Essene sect of Judaism. Most importantly it proports the Essenes as the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

An exhibition from the Library of Congress presents a selection from the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses the challenges of verifying their authenticity as well as the history of their discovery and of being hidden away.

This is an article sponsored by the University of Chicago, that discusses the seemingly unanswerable question of who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. Offers multiple points-of-view on this topic from a number of notable sources. The most...

Provides timetable regarding the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

This site contains a list of 12 interesting facts regarding the Dead Sea Scolls.

Describes Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls found at the site. Contains links to explore various artifacts form the Qumran site. Also contains Library of Congress information related to the site's content.

This site provides background information on the section of the Dead Sea Scrolls that are the Great Isaiah Scrolls, and provides links to different portions of the complete text.

A series of photos showing various aspects of the scrolls, the cave where they were found and how efforts are being taken to conserve them.

A great introduction to the scrolls, how found, their importance to Judaism and Christianity, and the historical circumstances surrounding their origins (who wrote them, etc.).

This site from ibiblio.com documents the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Describes the history of qumran and describes the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also provides links to other related sites.

This site from Ibiblio.org discusses Dead Sea Scrolls and their links to changing Judaism and early Christianity.

This site discusses the dead Sea Scrolls. It includes pictures of many of the scrools and discusses the qumran library.

Describes the location of Qumran. Also provides theories of Pere Roland de Vaux and others concerning the Essene people and their lifestyle.

A fictional recreation of what it might have been to be one of the members of the religious order of the Qumran community, the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

A nice description of the archeological site known as "Qumran", which was a group of Jewish Sectarians lived. It is also the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found.

This is an annotated text of the fragment known as "The Community Rule" of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first scroll fragments found.

An annotated translation of one of the scrolls found in the caves at Qumran. This scroll describes the final battle between light and darkness.