Dead Sea Scroll text finally decoded by archaeologists piecing tiny fragments together

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Dead Sea Scroll text finally decoded by archaeologists piecing tiny fragments together

Sixty fragments of the ancient text were pierced together over the course of a year

    Caroline Mortimer
   
    Tuesday 23 January 2018 20:55 GMT
 

Archaeologists have claimed to decode one of the last few remaining obscure parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Sixty tiny fragments of the ancient text were pieced together over the course of a year and are believed to identify the name of a festival marking the changes between seasons.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/dead-sea-scrolls-archaeology-israel-text-fragments-author-decode-a8173221.html