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Dead Sea Scrolls Israel Antiquities Authority conservator Tanya Bitler shows newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls Israel Antiquities Authority conservator Tanya Bitler shows newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls Archeologist Haim Cohen looks at a woven basket that was found during a sweep of more than 500 caves in the desert, at the Israeli Antiquities Authority Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. Alongside the Roman-era artifacts, items shown to journalists Tuesday included far older discoveries including the immense, complete woven basket from the Neolithic period, estimated to be 10,500 years old, preserved in caves' arid climate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls Archeologist Haim Cohen looks at a woven basket that was found during a sweep of more than 500 caves in the desert, at the Israeli Antiquities Authority Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. Alongside the Roman-era artifacts, items shown to journalists Tuesday included far older discoveries including the immense, complete woven basket from the Neolithic period, estimated to be 10,500 years old, preserved in caves' arid climate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls The Israel Antiquities Authority displays newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls The Israel Antiquities Authority shows a sandal that was found during its sweep of more than 500 caves in the desert, at a conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. Alongside the Roman-era artifacts, items shown to journalists Tuesday included far older discoveries preserved in caves' arid climate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls Israel Antiquities Authority conservator Tanya Bitler shows newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls A fragile fragment of an enigmatic Dead Sea Scroll is on public display at the Israel Museum for the first time since its discovery 70 years ago, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March. 20, 2018. The Genesis Apocryphon, the sole copy of an ancient Jewish text elaborating on stories from the first book of the Bible, dates to the 1st century BCE and was among the first seven scrolls found in the Judean Desert in 1947. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) (Oded Balilty/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls An Israel Antiquities Authority worker shows silver coins struck by rebels in the Jewish uprising against Rome between 132 and 136 AD that were found during its sweep of more than 500 caves in the desert, at a conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. Alongside the Roman-era artifacts, items shown to journalists Tuesday included far older discoveries preserved in caves' arid climate. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Dead Sea Scrolls Israel Antiquities Authority conservator Tanya Bitler shows newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

March 16, 2021 at 11:48 am EDT

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