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Remaining part of Dead Sea Scrolls finally deciphered

A decades-old mystery has been deciphered in one of the last remaining parts of the 900 Dead Sea Scrolls that date back to at least the 4th century BC.

Researchers of the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa in Israel spent more than a year carefully reassembling more than 60 tiny sections written in secret code.

They decrypted the ancient code through annotations in the margins written by a second scribe correcting the errors made by the author.

What exactly is written in Dead Sea Scrolls?

They contain significant religious literature.

They are the oldest copy of the Bible yet found.

 

Read the full article by Alexis Moran at The New Daily.