The world’s oldest biblical manuscripts were the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. And now the family who sold the majority of the scrolls to the Israeli government antiquities authority, are selling off the scrap pieces.
Google and Israel’s national museum, the Israel Museum, have come together to place a number of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls online for the first time. The project is the first of many hoping to showcase some of the manuscripts that make up what many consider the most important archaeological find of the 20th century.