Hunt for more Dead Sea scrolls
Israel has launched a big hunt for more Dead Sea scrolls in a Judean desert area that could soon fall under autonomous Palestinian rule, AFP reports from Jerusalem. Sixteen teams of archeologists began the two-year search, some using ropes to scale cliffs to reach caves.
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