The mystery of the 2000 year old scroll

Dead Sea scrolls have always been the subject of debate for centuries. Now scholars think that they have somewhat known who wrote this mysterious text.

The oldest known Bible text in the world was written by a mysterious sect named Essenes , which studied the material collected in caves in Qumran, on the west bank of the Jordan River, giving know.

Research focuses on the fabric found
in Qumran, Israel. (Source: Daily Mail)

Previously scholars believed that a 2,000-year-old scroll belonged to a Jewish sect from Qumran in the Judean desert and was hidden in caves from around the 70th century AD, when the army of the Roman Empire destroyed the throne. Temple in Jerusalem.

The Dead Sea scroll consists of nearly 900 articles. The first volume was found by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947. These texts date back to the 70th century AD, and some texts may be from the 3rd century BC.

Researchers focus on materials of
Scroll book found in Qumran. (Source: Daily Mail)

Orit Shamir, manager at Israel's Monuments Authority, and Naama Sukenik, a graduate student at Bar-Ilan University, published a study which compared the materials obtained during the process of exploring the Dead Sea.

They compared the white linen found in caves with other documents found in ancient Israeli territory. They discovered that some parts of the material were bleached, even though the fabrics from this time were found to have vivid colors.

Rustic materials provide clues for scholars
about the origin of the document. (Source: Daily Mail)

However, some people disagree with this inference.

They believed that linens could belong to the people fleeing the Roman army after Jerusalem collapsed in the 70s. And maybe they were the ones who hid the scroll into the cave.

Shamir and Sukenik focused on studying 200 paragraphs of text found in caves. They found that the sheets were made of flax fiber, while wool was the most variable material of the time.

Most pieces of cloth could have been used as clothes, then cut to be used for other purposes such as bandaging or wrapping rolls.

The first part of the book was sold by shepherds at a price
10 USD after found. (Source: Daily Mail)

Shamir said that the cloths were found at locations where people were under great pressure when attacked by the Roman army.

These fabrics are of very good quality, based on the archaeological vestiges of Qumran, the team thinks it is unlikely that the product will be made here, but can be made in one location another in Israel, where women play a key role in production.