For the first time in six decades, Israeli researchers have uncovered additional fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls that date back nearly two millennia. The discovery, which was made in the vicinity of the Dead Sea about 25 miles south of Jerusalem, involved the dangerous exploration of a cave by the Israel Antiquities Authority. It was part of a four-year project to secure ancient artifacts against looters.
Quote: “The desert team showed exceptional courage, dedication and devotion to purpose, rappelling down to caves located between heaven and earth,” said Israel Hasson, the departing director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, which is the custodian of some 15,000 fragments of the scrolls. He added in a statement that their work in the caves involved “digging and sifting through them, enduring thick and suffocating dust, and returning with gifts of immeasurable worth for mankind”
Sources: Wikipedia, The New York Times
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