The rebellion may have caused the scroll's owner to hastily discard it in the caves of the Judaean desert, where it sat for nearly two millennia with other Dead Sea Scrolls.

It was found in a cave in the Judaean Desert, which lies in the current West Bank and eastern Israel. The archeologists note that the condition of the scroll means many details remain unknown, such as ...

The rebellion may have caused the scroll's owner to hastily discard it in the caves of the Judaean desert, where it sat for nearly two millennia with other Dead Sea Scrolls. Kristina Killgrove is ...

Researchers speculate that the document was hidden in a cave in the Judaean Desert during the Bar Kochba revolt, leaving the fate of the accused shrouded in mystery.

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