Researchers claim to have a method of using AI to date the Dead Sea Scrolls — this could have implications for the way we ...

Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld In the more than 800 documents that make up the Dead Sea Scrolls, there are ancient copies of biblical texts, historical commentaries, hymns, recipes, and more.

The Dead Sea is all kinds of things – a natural wonder, the lowest place on earth, its saltiest waterbody and a fabulous place to schmear on some mud and feel all rejuvenated. It’s also technically a ...

The Dead Sea's beauty is hard to describe if you haven't seen it with your own eyes. People from all over the world are drawn to it, and for a good reason. The Dead Sea borders Israel, Jordan, and ...

John C. Trever, one of the first Americans to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948 and whose photographs of the ancient texts also became important historical documents, has died. He was 90.

A Dead Sea Scroll fragment, published last year, which is now in the collection of the Museum of the Bible. It preserves parts of Nehemiah 2:13-16. The authenticity of this scroll fragment is also ...

Stunning "Dead Sea Scrolls" a trove of history. ... There is a replica of an archaeologist's tent, more photos and objects. In the next room, a much smaller space, ...

An Israeli visitor at a Dead Sea hotel resort poses with mineral-rich Dead Sea mud lathered on her skin on Nov. 10. Ofir Berman for NPR But today the Dead Sea is dying, and its banks are collapsing.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Members of the news media got a rare opportunity today to photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls before the exhibit opens to the public on Saturday at the Franklin Institute. The ...

Several Dead Sea Scrolls fragments have been revealed in two new books. Here's a look at images of the scrolls, which hold text from various books of the Hebrew Bible.

But today the Dead Sea is dying, and its banks are collapsing. The water level is dropping close to 4 feet every year. The main part of the lake is now around 950 feet deep — about 15% shallower ...