As you leave Jerusalem and go to the south and to the east, toward the Dead Sea, the terrain changes rapidly and starkly. You move off gradually from [the] ... rolling hillside, through the ravines, ...

Study comes as 'Great Isaiah,' a 24-foot-long text parchment found with the Dead Sea Scrolls, set to be displayed by the ...

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea—and he heard it strike pottery. Upon entering the cave, he found a jar filled with three well-preserved rolls of marked ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are surely among the most historically and biblically important objects known to humankind. Found in caves near the Dead Sea nearly 100 years ago, these ancient manuscripts have ...

Over the years, scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls have analyzed the ancient parchments with various methods: for example, X-rays, multispectral imaging, “virtual unfolding,” and paleography, i.e., ...

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most widely known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than once thought, according to a new study. The fresh analysis, which paired radiocarbon ...

Armageddon: the war to end all wars. These words stir up images of inevitable conflict, the final focus on the dark side of human nature, the ultimate catharsis that ushers in an age of peace. All of ...

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls may be up to a century older than previously thought, potentially revising our understanding of how these ancient texts were produced. This new assessment, based on AI ...

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 ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously estimated, according to new research that has brought together radio carbon dating and artificial intelligence. Comprising thousands of fragments of ...

The famed Dead Sea Scrolls, dubbed the “greatest manuscript discovery of modern times,” arrived at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley on Friday, Nov. 15, where they were uncrated after their long trip ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than researchers thought, according to a new study driven by an artificial intelligence (AI) model. A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and ...