Israel yesterday said that it had discovered pieces of a biblical scroll dating back about 2,000 years, describing the find as one of the most significant since the Dead Sea Scrolls.
“For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll,” the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement.
Following a years-long dig in caves and cliffs in the Judean Desert, the authority said that it had also discovered a cache of rare coins, a six-millennia-old skeleton of a child and a basket it described as the oldest in the world, at
The fragments of ancient parchment were discovered in the Cave of Horror which is south of Jerusalem
This is the first item discovered from an archaeological dig in the Judean Desert in more than 60 years
The pieces of parchment found inside the cave include Greek lines of biblical text from Zechariah and Nahum
Other items found in the cave include a 10,000 year old woven basket and the skeleton of a young girl