The Shapira Scroll was first introduced to the world back in 1883 and there has been much debate surrounding its authenticity ever since. But now, a new expert has come forward claiming that it is in fact the real deal and is “actually the oldest known Biblical script” that has ever been found.
The scroll is a paleo-Hebrew script written on fifteen leather strips that contain verses from the book of Deuteronomy and even an 11th commandment, “you should not hate your own brothers: I am God, your God”. Jerusalem antiques dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira claimed to have found the scroll in a cave near the Dead Sea. He sold the scroll to the British Museum for £1 million who then put two pieces on display for the public to view.
Археолози откриха необичайна мумия: Досега не са виждали нищо подобно
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اخبار السعودية درع طيني لمومياء مصرية يكشف فرقا جديدا بين البسطاء والنخبة
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Archeologus nustebino aptikta mumija: pripažino, kad to niekada dar nėra matę
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While theories abound as to the reasons this method was used, one possibility is that the mud covering was meant to be a budget attempt at replicating the resin-based procedure of embalmment employed by the ultra rich, who were often mummified with imported resin from the late New Kingdom to the 21st Dynasty, roughly the period from 1294 B.C. to 945 B.C. Mud is a more affordable material, explained the project s lead researcher Karin Sowada, of the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Credit: Sowada et al, PLOS ONE
Besides the crunchy mud shell protecting the corpse, this particular mummy of a woman who died between the ages of 26 and 35 appeared to have been damaged after its demise and was found lying in an incorrect coffin intended for a female who had perished much more recently.