How the Dead Sea Scrolls survived a war in the 1960s
By
Bruce Bower
12:30pm, January 4, 2018
dead sea scroll caves
TEXT MESSAGES Fast action saved the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, found in 11 West Bank caves such as these, from war damage 50 years ago. In 2017, researchers found an additional cave that may have once held ancient text-covered scrolls.
Dead Sea Scrolls safe
The famous Dead Sea Scrolls, rumored lost or damaged during the June war between Israel and Egypt, are safe, according to Antiquity…. On the eve of the war they were packed up and put safely in a strong room in the basement of the Palestine Archaeological Museum (Rockefeller Museum), according to a reliable authority. — Science News, January 20, 1968
Update
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-dead-sea-scrolls-survived-war-1960s
