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New AI-powered research project aims to uncover the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Research methods will include state-of-the-art chemical, artificial intelligence, paleographical, and codicological analysis of approximately 250 samples of the scrolls from the IAA's collection.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A fragment of a 2,000-year-old Psalms Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection; illustrative.
A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Thoughts on viewing the Great Isaiah Scroll - opinion

There is much more to be learned about the history of the Hebrew nation, its literature, and even geography from the Great Isaiah Scroll.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD
A man was rescued by Police in the Dead Sea.

One man rescued overnight in Dead Sea, another two found drowned in Caesarea and Lake Kinneret

After intensive searches of the beaches and sea, the missing man was located in the water, about 2 km south of the beach he was last seen.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AI model 'Enoch' reveals Dead Sea Scrolls are older than believed.

AI model 'Enoch' reveals Dead Sea Scrolls are older than believed

Researchers establish two biblical scroll fragments come from the time of their presumed authors.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

DNA analysis of Dead Sea Scrolls unveils their once secret origin

“We came up with the idea of using the genetic information of the skin they were written on to investigate the possible connection between different fragments."

JUNE 2, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Jeramiah Scroll

2,000-year-old lost text uncovered in dispersed Dead Sea Scrolls fragment

Of 51 fragments examined, four had text in Hebrew or Aramaic. One carried the word "Shabbat."

MAY 23, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Prof Joan Taylor in Rylands Library

German-Israeli project to bring the Dead Sea Scrolls alive on the screen

An advantage offered by a digital edition is that readers can test the editorial decisions by directly interacting with the primary data.

MAY 20, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Sections of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls are seen on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 14, 2008.

Dead Sea Scrolls fragments at DC museum are fake, its officials say

A team of researchers led by an art fraud investigator issued a 200-page report saying that while the fragments may be made of ancient leather, but the ink was from modern times.

MARCH 14, 2020ByMARC BRODSKY/JTA
Fragments of the real Dead Sea Scrolls shown in 2003

Could studying ancient ink help shed new light on the Dead Sea Scrolls?

The study of manuscripts offers scholars a treasure trove of information hidden in plain sight, complementing those presented by the texts themselves

FEBRUARY 27, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Sections of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls are seen on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem May 14, 2008.

Deciphered Dead Sea Scrolls pose questions for historians

Deciphered by Prof. Ariel and Faina Feldman, the segments written in semi-cursive script, folded and were encased in small leather remnants.

JUNE 19, 2019ByALEX WINSTON
The Dead Sea Scroll Caves in Qumran

What's the connection between Ilan Ramon's diary, Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Israel Museum’s new exhibit connects the unlikely story of the biblical character Enoch and Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon.

MAY 30, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
Michael Maggen separating the pages in the Israel Museum laboratory

Dead Sea

The Sea of Salt.

FEBRUARY 8, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A desert canyon leads in to the Dead Sea

Israel hopes to beat treasure hunters with new excavations in Qumran caves

New discoveries could help solve the debate over who authored the Dead Sea Scrolls.

JANUARY 22, 2019ByREUTERS
A volunteer with the Israeli Antique Authority works at the Cave of the Skulls, an excavation site in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea, Israel

DC Bible Museum pulls fake Dead Sea scrolls

The Israel Antiquities Authority told the 'Post' that many forgeries are circulating on the foreign market.

OCTOBER 23, 2018ByAMY SPIRO