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 ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. “Most of the Christian world, it seems to me, has heard of these famous pre-Christian scrolls, discovered in the Judean ...

The team of scholars charged with publishing the Dead Sea Scrolls has sown bitterness the world over with the way it has managed the 2,000-year-old scrolls, which it took control of in the early ...

Many of the manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls may be much older than previously thought, according to a new study that could transform our understanding of their Jewish and Christian origins.

JERUSALEM (KABC) -- The Dead Sea Scrolls are, without exaggeration or hype, the greatest religious or archeological discovery of the 20th century. The scrolls date back 2,000 years to the era of Jesus ...

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After spending centuries hidden in caves where they were accessible to no one, and decades on display in a Jerusalem museum where they were viewed by the few, the Dead Sea Scrolls arrived on the ...

Eight newly installed Dead Sea Scrolls, including a rare manuscript outlining the beliefs and structure of the ancient Qumran sect, are now on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are returning to American shores for the first time in nearly a decade. “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” featuring scroll fragments from ancient Israel, including pieces of a ...

“The implications are profound,” said Dr. Maruf Dhali, assistant professor of AI at Groningen and co‐author of the study. An international team led by the University of Groningen has combined ...

A question about pieces of a manuscript found in 1883 that may or may not be authentic led me into The Times’s archive. By Jennifer Schuessler The finds, ranging from just a few millimeters to a ...