Dead Sea Scrolls - Wikipedia
The Dead Sea Scrolls, in the narrow sense identical with the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of ten …
The Scriptures Jesus Knew: Stepping Into the World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dec 27, 2025 · Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition, which opened Nov. 22 at the Museum of the Bible, marks the 75th anniversary of the scrolls’ discovery.
What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls? - Biblical Archaeology Society
Oct 30, 2025 · Discover the Dead Sea Scrolls—one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. Unearthed near Qumran 75 years ago, these ancient texts illuminate the Bible’s history, the …
Dead Sea Scrolls | Definition, Discovery, History, & Facts - Britannica
Dec 19, 2025 · Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) first found in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is …
The Dead Sea Scrolls - Introduction
The most well-known texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are the ancient religious writings found in eleven caves near the site of Qumran. Discoveries from additional sites yielded mostly documents …
Scientists decode mysterious Dead Sea Scrolls and find 2,000-year-old ...
One of the Dead Sea Scrolls' last unintelligible writing systems has finally been deciphered by a scientist after more than 70 years. The discovery focuses on the so-called Cryptic B manuscripts ...
These 2025 archaeological discoveries reshaped what we know about …
6 days ago · From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into biblical stories.
Scrolls from the Dead Sea - Library of Congress
There are tens of thousands of scroll fragments. The number of different compositions represented is almost one thousand, and they are written in three different languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and …
What Are Scrolls? | Scrolls Unlimited, Inc.
Scrolls were the first form of editable record keeping texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations.
Scrolls in the History of Classicism - The Classical Scroll
Jan 11, 2024 · Scrolls came after the widespread use of clay tablets and pieces of bamboo or palm-leaves to record ideas, among early civilisations. In the beginning, scrolls of papyrus were common …