On March 16, local time, Israeli archaeologists announced that dozens of fragments of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" were found in a desert cave, believed to have been hidden here during a turmoil nearly 1900 years ago.
According to reports, the cave where the debris was found is located in a remote canyon in the Judean Desert.
These fragments are believed to belong to the same set as the parchment fragments found at the excavation site called "The Cave of Horror."
According to the Israel Antiquities Agency, after conducting radiocarbon dating, it was found that the fragments can be traced back to the 2nd century AD.
This is also the first batch of ancient scrolls found in the desert south of Jerusalem in the last 60 years.
Archaeologists believe that these fragments were hidden in caves during a Jewish uprising against the Romans between 132 and 136 AD.
Local media said that a well-preserved woven basket and the remains of a mummified child with a history of about 6000 years were also found during the excavation.
The "Dead Sea Scrolls" refer to scriptures that were successively discovered in caves near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem during the 1940s and 1950s.
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