A groundbreaking discovery revealed the successful decoding of one of the last remaining Dead Sea Scrolls, which contained an ancient priestly calendar used by a Jewish sect over 2000 years ago ...

Introduction Half a century has now passed since a bedouin shepherd discovered a long-hidden cache of scrolls in a cave in cliffs above the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The details of that ...

that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered at the site known as Khirbet Qumran. The Scrolls were discovered, according to the story that, now, many people know, of a shepherd boy wandering along ...

A charred scroll has been digitally deciphered for the first time in 2,000 years after it was buried in the ancient Italian city of Herculaneum following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

As research funding allows, so our knowledge of these ancient manuscripts will increase and international cooperation, already a fundamental part of Dead Sea Scrolls research, will allow a more ...

“The predictions are written in an archaic, anachronistic style, similar to the omen texts of the Akkadians, an ancient Semitic people.” “In contrast, the poetry in the Dead Sea Scrolls is sublime, ...

Most of the 100,000 real Dead Sea Scroll fragments lie in the Israel ... page report saying that while the fragments may be made of ancient leather, the ink was from modern times and altered ...

Where is the Dead Sea located? This famous saltwater lake lies between Jordan and Israel, making it the lowest point on Earth ...

Visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to see the Dead Sea Scrolls, Air Force One and explore fascinating presidential memorabilia.