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DEBKAfile The first Biblical scroll fragments to be discovered in 60 years are among the awesome relics unearthed in Israeli Antiquities Authority excavations in the most remote caves of the forbidding Judean Desert. More than a score of 2,000-year-old Greek translations of the books of Zechariah and Nachum were discovered with only the name of God written in Hebrew, as well as a 10,500-year-old woven basket and the 6,000year-old, mummified skeleton of a six-year-old child. The expedition to uncover the secrets of the ancient desert was launched in 2017. After all efforts to stop the rampant looting of priceless sites, fired up by a Bedouin shepherd’s sensational discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls 70 years ago at Qumran, the Antiquities Authority mounted an inter-departmental, national project to beat the robbers at their own game. Since then, expeditions have exhaustively investigated every nook and cranny of this untamed wilderness. ....
Israel unearths fragments of 2000-year-old biblical scroll Tuesday March 16 2021 Archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll in the country for the first time in over 6 decades. (REPRESENTATIONALPHOTO/COURTESY.) Advertisement Israel said Tuesday it had discovered pieces of a biblical scroll dating back some 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 it had also discovered a cache of rare coins, a six-millennia-old skeleton of a child and basket it described as the oldest in the world, at over 10,000 years. ....
Judaean Desert Dig Yields fragments of Biblical Scroll, Millennia-Old Child's Skeleton, and World's Oldest Basket | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | David Israel | 3 Nisan 5781 – March 16, 2021 jewishpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jewishpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The finds, ranging from just a few millimeters to a thumbnail in size, are the first to be unearthed in archaeological excavations in the Judean Desert in about 60 years. ....