Unearthed in the Dead Sea desert, an ancient scroll made of copper promises the greatest treasure in history. But is this mysterious text a genuine treasure map to the lost riches of the Second Temple ...

Barker’s work has been received positively within the Latter-day Saints tradition for decades because her scholarship ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum. A detail of the gilded Book of the Dead of Ankhmerwer, a funerary ...

In addition to ancient verses, a first-century boat ‘brings the Gospel scenes to life’ at the Museum of the Bible. Deuteronomy Display: A facsimile of the 4Q41 Deuteronomy scroll, an ancient ...

For decades, scholars studying the Dead Sea Scrolls have puzzled over a small group of strange symbols and alphabets that appeared to belong to no known writing system. Now, a researcher says one of ...

JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday published a draft law that aims to boost state revenues from a concession for extracting minerals from the Dead Sea as well as tackling its ...

The nation’s capital is known to be the home of many very old documents like the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Emancipation Proclamation. But for the next several months, some of the ...

WASHINGTON — The Museum of the Bible's latest exhibit, “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” features the oldest copies of biblical fragments, and Matthias Walther, the museum’s chief marketing officer, ...

An archaeologist has announced a remarkable finding at the International Research Seminar, History of the Caves of Qumran, which was held in Lugano, Switzerland – nine scrolls dating back 2,000 years ...

The Dead Sea scrolls have been analyzed up close revealing the origins of the animal skins upon which they were written. Discovered in the Qumran Caves, near the Dead Sea, in 1946, the Dead Sea ...