
Israeli experts discover new Dead Sea Scrolls
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Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden by Jewish refugees during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.
The newly found fragments of parchment bear lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum and have been radiocarbon-dated to the second century A.D., according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The moment when the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets scroll was discovered in Muraba‘at Cave. (Photo: Highlight Films, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)((Photo: Highlight Films, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)) Sections of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets scroll discovered in the Judean Desert expedition prior to their conservation. (Photo: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)((Photo: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)) Archaeologist Hagay Hamer holding a Bar Kokhba coin found in the desert. (Photo: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)((Photo: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)) The 10,500-year-old basket as found in Muraba'at Cave. (Photo: Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)((Photo: Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)) 6,000-year-old skeleton of a girl or a boy who was buried wrapped in cloth. (Photo: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)((Photo: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority))More Related News

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