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Dead Sea Scrolls in Denver

PASSOVER EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 10 the second day of the “Dead Sea Scrolls” exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, parking is as scarce as tickets for this prestigious archaeological panoply. Students and teachers, parents pushing strollers, the young, the elderly, academics and out-of-state visitors flock to the museum entrance on this snow-chilled morning. Organized by the Israel Antiquities Authority, the exhibit houses wealth beyond measure: 10 Dead Sea Scrolls, some of which have never been made public, and over 600 Hebrew artifacts. The scrolls’ accidental discovery by Bedouin teens in 1947, which reads like a spy novel set at the dawning of the State of Israel, began with an errant goat. In 1947, shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib and two companions lost […]
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