Sixteen fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Washington DC Museum of the Bible are forgeries, the museum has discovered. The fragments have been on exhibit at the museum since its opening in 2017. The scroll fragments were purchased after 2002, when counterfeits of artifacts believed to be part of the 1947 Dead Sea Discovery Read more
Five of the Dead Sea scrolls on display at the Washington, DC-based Museum of the Bible are forgeries, experts say. Until the forgeries were exposed, the scroll fragments were considered among the most valuable and historically significant items in the museum’s collection. The museum says a German testing company has concluded the fragments on display Read more
One of the earliest known copies of the Ten Commandments is making a rare public appearance. For 14 days over the next seven months, the Ten Commandments scroll called 4Q41 will be shown at the Israel Museum. It is part of an exhibit called “A Brief History of Humankind”. This copy of the commandments was Read more
The Dead Sea scrolls will now be accessible for public viewing, and you don’t even need to leave your home to see them. Orchestrated under the Israel Antiques Authority (IAA) with support from Google, the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library is a free, online archive comprised of thousands of high resolution fragments. History, now, is Read more
The Dead Sea Scrolls written two thousand years ago and found decades ago in desert caves, went online for the first time time in a project launched by Israel’s national museum and Google. Five of the most important scrolls have been made available by the custodians of the manuscripts, who have been previously criticized for Read more
The possession of possibly the earliest Christian writings in existence is being disputed. Apparently only discovered around six years ago, these books have the potential to change the fundamental understandings of Christianity. The group of 70 or so books, with between 5 and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings were located inside a northern Jordanian cave sometime Read more