It might at first glance appear to be a lump of charcoal, but a piece of ancient scroll burned beyond all recognition can now be read for the first time since it was discovered. Scientists have used ...

Nobody ever expected to find the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially in the place that they were found; the climate isn’t right for preservation of ancient parchment and papyrus. Yet, the amazing discovery ...

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WASHINGTON – The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC says five of its most valuable artifacts — once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls — are fake and will not be displayed anymore.

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The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC said five of its most valuable artifacts – once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls – are fake and will not be displayed anymore. German-based ...

Before the scrolls were discovered 70 years ago, the earliest and most complete version of the Hebrew Bible was from the 9th century. But then Bedouin shepherds stumbled on the scrolls, hidden away ...

Small scraps of parchment inscribed with tiny Hebrew letters. They look like countries cut out of a map, or lost pieces from a jigsaw puzzle nobody could solve. Some scholars say they’re fragments ...