The Dead Sea scrolls.

The greatest textual find of century XX.

Attributed author(s).
Anonymous.
Essenes?

Text(s) available.
On site: 4Q521 (Hebrew and English), 7Q5 (Hebrew and English), 3 photos.
Open Scrolls Project (English and scans).
Gnosis: Texts of the Dead Sea scrolls (English and scans).
Library of Congress Exhibit: Scrolls from the Dead Sea and the Qumran library.
ABC: Scroll fragments (Hebrew, English, and scans).

Useful links.
Essenes in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Essenes in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Dead Sea Scrolls at WSRP Educational Site.
Second thoughts (F. F. Bruce).
Dating the scrolls (University of Arizona).

Dead Sea scrolls factsheet.
Preserving the Dead Sea scrolls.

The Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1946-1947 by two Bedouin shepherds.