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Heikhal HaSefer
Overall view, showing white dome structure, and across, a black basalt wall; It is a a wing of the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran). The shrine is built as a white dome, covering a structure placed two-thirds below the ground, that is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Across from the white dome is a black basalt wall. The colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/3/2011
Heikhal HaSefer
Detail, showing the upper part of the dome; It is a a wing of the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran). The shrine is built as a white dome, covering a structure placed two-thirds below the ground, that is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Across from the white dome is a black basalt wall. The colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/3/2011
Heikhal HaSefer
Detail, glazed brick structure of the dome; It is a a wing of the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran). The shrine is built as a white dome, covering a structure placed two-thirds below the ground, that is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Across from the white dome is a black basalt wall. The colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/3/2011
Heikhal HaSefer
Detail, dome visible at ground level; It is a a wing of the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran). The shrine is built as a white dome, covering a structure placed two-thirds below the ground, that is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Across from the white dome is a black basalt wall. The colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/3/2011
Heikhal HaSefer
Detail, dome visible at ground level; It is a a wing of the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran). The shrine is built as a white dome, covering a structure placed two-thirds below the ground, that is reflected in a pool of water that surrounds it. Across from the white dome is a black basalt wall. The colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness. As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/3/2011
Jerusalem: Shrine of the Book
The Shrine of the Book is a museum built to house the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered between 1947 and 1956. The unusual design for the dome was based on imagery from one of the scrolls, specifically the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1735/thumbnail.jp