Historians are scratching their heads at a resurfaced Egyptian scroll held by the British Museum that might support the claim ...

The Egyptian writings, believed to date back to the 13th century BC, refer to encounters with the Shosu, a group described as ...

Nobody ever expected to find the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially in the place that they were found; the climate isn’t right for preservation of ancient parchment and papyrus. Yet, the amazing discovery ...

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The Museum of the Bible says artifacts that were believed to be Dead Sea Scroll fragments were found to be fakes and will be taken off display. A German research institute conducted extensive tests on ...

The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. has confirmed that five of its 16 Dead Sea Scroll fragments are fakes. German materials research institute Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung ...

WASHINGTON – The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC says five of its most valuable artifacts — once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls — are fake and will not be displayed anymore.

Small scraps of parchment inscribed with tiny Hebrew letters. They look like countries cut out of a map, or lost pieces from a jigsaw puzzle nobody could solve. Some scholars say they’re fragments ...

Last year, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., said five of its most valuable artifacts — once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls — were fake.Now the museum is facing a ...

What does a sacred text go through before it is turned into a book? The cliffs in the Judean Desert are made up of pale limestone and they look over the shore where the salt covers the ground and the ...

The Museum of the Bible says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fraudulent and will no longer be on display. The Washington, D.C., museum said an independent analysis found characteristics of the five ...