Qumran

Cairo Genizah paper may hold key to secrets of Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls

An ancient religious ceremony, described in several Dead Sea Scrolls, could explain the mysteries of the archaeological site of Qumran.

AUGUST 29, 2021|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN

The site of the Qumran Scrolls, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls

A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Last member of original Dead Sea Scrolls research team dies from COVID-19

The Qumran explorer was 91 years old.

JANUARY 10, 2021|ByHANNAH BROWN

DNA analysis of Dead Sea Scrolls unveils their once secret origin

“We came up with the idea of using the genetic information of the skin they were written on to investigate the possible connection between different fragments."

JUNE 2, 2020|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN

University of Haifa researchers decipher mysterious Dead Sea Scroll

“An important peculiarity of the present discovery is the fact that the [Qumran] sect followed a 364-day calendar."

JANUARY 21, 2018|ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD

Les manuscrits de la mer Morte et la question juive

Pour l’Allemagne, les rouleaux de Qumran n’appartiennent pas à Israël

DECEMBER 10, 2017

ByMICHELE MAZEL

Des fragments des manuscrits de la mer Morte