The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's ...

Discover how the Dead Sea, Earth's lowest and saltiest lake, continues to build massive underground salt formations.

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are much older than academics previously thought, with some dating back to the time of their ancient authorship, scientists from the University of Groningen in the ...

A new study reveals the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than believed, with AI analysis of handwriting styles and radiocarbon dating pushing many manuscripts back to 200 B.C.

However, not every scroll was labeled, and as a result, the undated Dead Sea Scrolls have been much harder for scientists to pin down. But when new technologies arise, things can change.

A new study that utilizes artificial intelligence has determined that the Dead Sea Scrolls are older than archaeologists believed — a discovery that may change how scholars interpret some of the ...

Over the years, scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls have analyzed the ancient parchments with various methods: for example, X-rays, multispectral imaging, "virtual unfolding," and paleography, i.e ...

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea—and he heard it strike pottery. Upon entering the cave, he found a jar filled with three well-preserved rolls of marked ...

Humans Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written ...

In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd tossed a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea—and he heard it strike pottery. Upon entering the cave, he found a jar filled with three well-preserved rolls of marked ...