You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 1994Was It an Essene Settlement? See also M. Harel, The Roman Road at Maaleh Aqrabbim (Scorpions Ascent), Israel Exploration Journal IX:3 (1959), pp. 175179, and John Rogerson, The New Atlas of the Bible (London: Guild, 1985), p. 114. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.