Qumran

archaeological site in the Palestinian Authority, West Bank
Place archaeological_site Q223399
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Qumran

Summary

Qumran is an archaeological site[1]. Qumran ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,680 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Qumran is located in al-Ubeidiya[3].
  • Qumran is in the country of Palestine[4].
  • Qumran's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Qumran's instance of is recorded as Jewish settlement in the land of Israel[6].
  • Qumran's instance of is recorded as national park[7].
  • Qumran's shares border with is recorded as Dead Sea[8].
  • Qumran's Commons category is recorded as Qumran[9].
  • Qumran's language of work or name is recorded as Hebrew[10].
  • 104 BC marks the founding of Qumran[11].
  • Qumran began on 1947[12].
  • Qumran's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 31.741900825552705, 'longitude': 35.4599443018493}[13].
  • Qumran's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Qumran[14].
  • Qumran's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[15].
  • Qumran's different from is recorded as Qumran community[16].
  • Qumran dates from the Second Temple period[17].
  • Qumran's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[18].
  • Qumran's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[19].
  • Qumran's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)[20].
  • Qumran's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Roland de Vaux[21].
  • Qumran's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Hanan Eshel[22].
  • Qumran's historical region is recorded as West Bank[23].

Body

Geography

Qumran is in the country of Palestine[4]. Qumran is located in al-Ubeidiya[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[5], Jewish settlement in the land of Israel[6], and national park[7]. Qumran's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[15].

History and Context

104 BC marks the founding of Qumran[11].

Why It Matters

Qumran ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,680 views/month).[2] Qumran has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Qumran is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → —
    Openstreetmap way id → 611895589
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: q/qumran-y-los-textos-biblicos, Moving to [[Q145780]]"
  2. 27d ago · Chalmd · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P402]]: 611895589"
  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0256642-Kumran-Zapadni-breh-Jordanu
    Described by source → —
    Harper's tag → qumran-site-west-bank
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: qumran-site-west-bank, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953084|qumran site west bank (#289953084)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  4. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: q/qumran-y-los-textos-biblicos, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Dead Sea
    Described by source → —
    Start time → +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 31.741900825552705, 'longitude': 35.45994430184
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 156522, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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