In addition to ancient verses, a first-century boat ‘brings the Gospel scenes to life’ at the Museum of the Bible.

The Dead Sea is ancient. The history of its salty, therapeutic waters goes back to the Bible. But this natural wonder is rapidly drying up - even changing the land around it. NPR's Daniel Estrin took ...

For decades, a handful of Dead Sea fragments written in an unknown alphabet sat in scholarly limbo, legible in shape but mute in meaning. Now a researcher has finally cracked that hidden script, ...

Recent measurements show it at approximately 439 meters below sea level, a drop of more than 1 meter per year. The Dead Sea now sits at its lowest recorded point in modern history, marking a dramatic ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are returning to American shores for the first time in nearly a decade. “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” featuring scroll fragments from ancient Israel, including pieces of a ...

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls gave us a glimpse into Jewish life at the time of Jesus. What insights do they provide on how his teachings took shape? Dated as early as the second century A.D., ...

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., ...

The famed Dead Sea Scrolls, dubbed the “greatest manuscript discovery of modern times,” arrived at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley on Friday, Nov. 15, where they were uncrated after their long trip ...

The Dead Sea is among the most illustrious natural features in the Middle East. Dead Sea, which is also known as Yam HaMelach in Hebrew (Yam meaning sea and Melach meaning salt). It is the largest ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously estimated, according to new research that has brought together radio carbon dating and artificial intelligence. Comprising thousands of fragments of ...