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Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Israeli archaeologists today have announced the discovery of dozens of fragments in the Black Sea containing Bible texts that were discovered in a cave in the wilderness believed to have been hidden during the Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,000 and 900 years ago. The parchment fragments hold verses of the Greek text [...]
The parchment fragments hold lyrics of the Greek text from the book of Zechariah and Nahumi and are radiocarbonized in the 2nd century of our era, according to the Israeli Authority of Antiquities.
They are the first fragments found by archaeological expeditions in the desert in southern Jerusalem for 60 years, writes ABC, as Periscope.
The new parts are believed to belong to a set of parchment fragments found at the site called “The Cave of Freak” appointed for the 40 human skeletons found during the escapes of the '60s. The cave is located in a lost canyon in the Judean Desert in southern Jerusalem.
The fragments are believed to be hiding in the cave during the Bar Kochba Revolution, an armed Jewish uprising against Rome during the reign of the Hadrian Emperor, between 132 and 136th years of our era.
