The ancient Hebrews who created the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls did so using unique technology that may have helped the parchment survive so well over the last 2,000 years, researchers have ...

Since the first discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the faded parchments of Qumran have provided extraordinary insights into the nature of Judaism at the time when Christianity was born. Now, ...

A team of MIT scientists studied a fragment of one of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and found the parchment has an unusual coating of sulfate salts. This may be one reason the scrolls were so ...

In 1947, shepherds discovered the now-famed Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judaean Desert’s 11 Qumran Caves. While their exact genesis is somewhat contested, these ancient Jewish manuscripts (many of which ...

Microscopic analysis of the most beautiful and best preserved of the Dead Sea Scrolls has revealed that the parchment was treated with mysterious salts. Researchers found that the Temple Scroll was ...

A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) (CN) – The Dead ...

Proton beams have shed new light on the origin of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls, suggesting its parchment was manufactured locally. According to a study carried out at the labs of the Italian ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Live Science report, a new study of the chemical composition of the 2,000-year-old Temple Scroll revealed traces of a salty mineral solution that could account ...

From a World War II warehouse in Prague to Port St. Lucie, a torah scroll has found a new home at Temple Beth EI Israel. This scroll, which features the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is one of ...