Ein Feshkha

Ein Feshkha (Hebrew: Einot Tzukim ) is a site of archaeological interest situated on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea about three kilometers south of Qumran in Israel . It is named after the spring of brackish water found nearby. With interest in Qumran at its height one room of the building was excavated by Roland de Vaux of the Ecole Biblique in 1956 and a full excavation of the site was carried out in 1958. Hirschfeld excavated the site in 2001. The spring at Ein Feshkha is now located 100 meters south of the main building and at least 3 meters lower. In ancient times a spring, now dried up, just north of the main building supplied water. This ancient spring being several meters higher suggests that it was sweet, not brackish. The complex is composed of a main building (24m by 18m) with central courtyard, an industrial installation with two plastered basins to its north-east and what appear to be stables to its west. De Vaux showed that the Ein Feshkha complex was contemporary with the settlement at Qumran and theorized that they were inhabited by the same community. The main building may reflect the same layout as the main building at Qumran, though on a smaller scale. Its orientation is also the same. The entrance was through two doors, side-by-side, to the east. There is a staircase in the south-east corner of the building, showing that there was an upper story at least on the west side. Water was important to the industrial installation as a channel brings water from the spring through the wall to the north into a small rectangular tank on to each of the two basins. The purpose of this installation is still unknown. An early theory was that it served as part of a tannery, but this was discounted by F.E. Zeuner who pointed out the lack of organic matter such as hair and suggested that the basins may have been for raising fish. More recent analyses include indigo manufacturing, date-wine preparation, date-honey production and opobalsam preparation. Taylor states that Netzer's date-wine suggestion is most probable. Ehud Netzer, cited in Taylor 2006.

"Cliff springs") is a nature reserve and archaeological site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea , about three kilometers south of Qumran in the West Bank . Within the reserve is a group of springs of brackish water. The nature reserve consists of an open section with pools of mineral water for bathing surrounded by high foliage and a section that is closed to visitors to protect the native flora and fauna.

West Bank archaeological site Ein Feshka/Einot Tzukim Ein Feshkha ( , also Ain Al-Fashka ) or Einot Tzukim ( ) is a 2,500 ha nature reserve and archaeological site on the north-western shore of the Dead Sea , about 3 km south of Qumran in the West Bank . It is located just north of the headland Râs Feshkhah , the "headland of Feshkhah". Within the reserve is a group of springs of brackish water. The nature reserve consists of an open section with pools of mineral water for bathing surrounded by high foliage and a section that is closed to visitors to protect the native flora and fauna.

West Bank archaeological site Ein Feshkha ( Arabic : عين فشخة , also Ain Al-Fashka ) or Einot Tzukim ( Hebrew : עינות צוקים , lit. ' cliff springs ' ) is a 2,500-hectare (6,200-acre) nature reserve and archaeological site on the north-western shore of the Dead Sea , about 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Qumran in the West Bank . It is located just north of the headland Râs Feshkhah , the "headland of Feshkhah". Within the reserve is a group of springs of brackish water. The nature reserve consists of an open section with pools of mineral water for bathing surrounded by high foliage and a section that is closed to visitors to protect the native flora and fauna. The archaeological site of Khirbet Mazin is located on the shoreline in the southern part of 'Ein Feshkha nature reserve.