Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Archaeologists Hagay Hamer and Oriah Amichai sieving finds at the entrance to the Cave of Horror. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Rappelling to the Cave of the Skulls. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Excavations in Muraba‘at Cave. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Excavations at Qumran. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Dozens of youths from pre-military preparatory programs participated in the excavations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
The discovery of the 10,500-year-old basket by preparatory program students. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
The basket as found in Muraba‘at Cave. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
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Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.