May 17 2009

The Greatest Manuscript Discovery of Modern Times

Published by vkatya at 10:14 pm under Documents of the Past

Between 1947 and 1956 almost 900 ancient documents were discovered in the eleven caves new the northwest shore of the Dead Sea.  With a small exception of some papyrus documents, most of the manuscripts were written on parchment in three languages: Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.  The manuscripts named by scientists the Dead Sea Scrolls, became the greatest manuscript discovery of all modern times.

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