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March 17, 2021

Fragments of Biblical Texts Uncovered in the “Cave of Horror” in the Judean Desert

Along with the world’s oldest basket.

Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1940s, looters have sought to make similar finds in the many caves near in Qumran, leading to a recent push by archaeologists to conduct a thorough expedition in search of ancient artifacts. Investigating a remote cliffside cavern, they recently came across dozens of pieces of two-millennia-old manuscripts. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:

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