Most Dead Sea Scrolls preserve religious, legal or community texts on parchment and papyrus. One document breaks that pattern ...
A five-year international effort will analyze 250 scroll samples to determine where they were made. Bu the copper scroll—a cryptic map to a vast hidden fortune—is sitting this one out.
Sometimes, the most incredible and legendary secrets are hidden in the quietest places. Deep in the desert near the Dead Sea, an old piece of metal was found that doesn’t just tell a story, but ...
AI Can’t Crack the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Treasure MapGetty Images Researchers have a fresh plan to definitively date the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. But even if it goes swimmingly over the next five years, ...