New Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in Israel's Cave of Horror
Archeologists also discovered the 6,000-year-old bones of a child and a 10,000-year-old woven basket said to be the oldest in existence.
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Archeologists also discovered the 6,000-year-old bones of a child and a 10,000-year-old woven basket said to be the oldest in existence.
The fragments contain passages from the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
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 during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. The fragments of parchment bear lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum and have…
The fragments contain passages from the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel's Jewish World and Archaeology editor. Archaeologists Hagay Hamer and Oriah Amichai sieving finds at the entrance to the Cave of Horror. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority) Rappelling to the Cave of the Skulls. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority) Excavations in Muraba‘at Cave. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority) Excavations at Qumran. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority) Dozens of youths from pre-military preparatory programs participated in the excavations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority) The discove...