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Archaeology Discovery: 12th Cave Containing Dead Sea Scrolls Found, but Biblical Texts Stolen


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Israel's Hebrew University has announced the discovery of a cave in the Judean desert, the first of its kind in 60 years, which once housed the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the oldest biblical texts in existence.

BBC News reported that the although storage jars, fragments of scroll wrapping, and other artifacts connected to the scrolls were found at the site, the ancient parchments themselves were missing, and are believed to have been looted by Bedouin people in the 1950s.


Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/archaeology-discovery-12th-cave-containing-dead-sea-scrolls-found-but-biblical-texts-stolen-174614/#BBb67Bz2Yf0VlYpl.99
 

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That's interesting BEJ,

Wonder where they ended up - if they are still in existence!

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