Qumran
Qumran (Hebrew: קומראן; Arabic: خربة قمران Khirbet Qumran) is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. It is located on a dry plateau about a mile from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz of Kalya. The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed during the reign of John Hyrcanus, 134-104 BCE or somewhat later, and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 CE or shortly after. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace. The principal excavations at Qumran were conducted by Roland de Vaux in the 1950s, though several later campaigns at the site have been carried out.
History
Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947-1956, extensive excavations have taken place in Qumran. Nearly 900 scrolls were discovered. Most were written on parchment and some on papyrus. Cisterns, Jewish ritual baths, and cemeteries have been found, along with a dining or assembly room and debris from an upper story alleged by some to have been a scriptorium as well as pottery kilns and a tower.
List of fictional places in Yes Minister
This list of fictional places in Yes Minister elaborates on the details provided in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's Yes Minister and The Complete Yes Minister, the diary-based novelisation of the series.
Buranda
Buranda is a fictional West African LDC (less developed country, later known as a developing country) that features in the second episode of Yes Minister ("The Official Visit") and (briefly) in Yes, Prime Minister ("A Conflict of Interest"). Formerly British Equatorial Africa, it is referred to privately by James Hacker as a "TPLAC" (tin-pot little African country), much to Sir Humphrey's consternation.
Buranda's leader in both episodes is Colonel Selim Mohammed, previously Charlie Umtali prior to his conversion to Islam. The first storyline hinges on Hacker's former association (as a fellow alumnus of the London School of Economics) with the Colonel, which he tries to use (on Sir Humphrey's urging) to avoid a diplomatically-embarrassing speech in the audience of Elizabeth II. In the second, the Burandan president and his business associates are implicated in financial improprieties that could result in a run on the British pound.
Qumran (disambiguation)
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