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Bookmark or Share- The Dead Sea Scrolls - IntroductionIntroduction. The most well-known texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are the ancient religious writings found in eleven caves near the site of Qumran. Discoveries from additional sites yielded mostly documents and letters, especially papyri that had been hidden in caves by refugees from wars.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls - Discovery and PublicationThis vast manuscript treasury, known as the "Dead Sea Scrolls", includes a small number of near-complete Scrolls and tens of thousands of Scroll fragments, representing over 900 different texts written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
- The Dead Sea ScrollsUsing the world's most advanced imaging technology, the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library preserves thousands of scroll fragments - including the oldest known copies of biblical texts - now accessible to the public.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls - Featured ScrollsThe discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls in a remote Judean Desert cave in 1947 is widely considered the greatest archaeological event of the twentieth century. Bedouin treasure hunters and archaeologists ultimately found the remains of hundreds of ancient scrolls.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls - The IAAThe IAA strives to increase public awareness and interest in the country's archaeological heritage through educational activities and by working with a select group of on-ground volunteers, who assist the IAA by reporting on archaeological activities in their regions.
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