Long ago, the colors of fabrics were more than just fashion statements. They were a nonverbal form of communication that ...

The famed Magdala Stone has intricate carvings that ‘showcase the earliest known synagogue images of Temple Menorah.’ ...

Siebert and his team have been researching how the dynamics of the groundwater system in this region are changing and how ...

and were only later rediscovered and deciphered as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Subsequent to that first discovery, eleven different caves have been found at Qumran. And new discoveries are expected even ...

A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea. Three of the 1,900-year-old weapons, whose iron blades are 60 ...

One of the last remaining obscure parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been deciphered by researchers in Israel. Sixty tiny fragments were pieced together over a period of a year, identifying the ...

Introduction Half a century has now passed since a bedouin shepherd discovered a long-hidden cache of scrolls in a cave in cliffs above the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The details of that ...

For the first time in over a decade, the Dead Sea Scrolls will be on loan from Israel and on display for guests to enjoy at the Ronald Reagan Library in Los Angeles from Nov. 22, 2024 – Sept. 2, 2025.

“The archaeologists tell us that the Dead Sea caves are hot and dark,” he writes. “The same might be said of the controversy which has raged around their contents. At this point ...

(credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority) In 1949, archaeologists discovered several leather tefillin cases in a cave near Qumran, where the first Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Israeli researchers made a rare find during a survey of a Dead Sea cave: Four perfectly preserved Roman swords thought to have been used in battle 1,900 years ago. The swords were likely "booty ...

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