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 |  Subject: New “Dead Sea Scrolls” Discoveries At The “Cave Of The Skulls”  Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:57 am | |
| New “Dead Sea Scrolls” Discoveries At The “Cave Of The Skulls”
February 12, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 As the 70th anniversary of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery approaches, Live Science has learned of new discoveries that will be announced soon. An archaeological team has been excavating a cave located near Qumran since December. Members of the team have told Live Science that they have made some discoveries that the Israel Antiquities Authority will announce soon. The Israeli media outlet Arutz Sheva reports that the team found jars that once held scrolls and cloth that the scrolls were once wrapped in but that the scrolls themselves appear to have been plundered in the mid 20th century. Additionally, another team, which is excavating at a place known as the “Cave of Skulls,” has made a series of discoveries that the newspaper Haaretz says include small fragments of scrolls. Archaeologists with the Cave of Skulls team declined to comment when contacted by Live Science, and an Israel Antiquities Authority spokesperson said the finds from the Cave of Skulls are still being analyzed. (READ MORE) |
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