How a Lost Goat Led to the Dead Sea Scrolls
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How a Lost Goat Led to the Dead Sea Scrolls

A Bedouin shepherd boy hurled a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea in 1947, and what shattered inside rewrote what we thought we knew about ancient history.

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Middle EastAncient JudaismBiblical StudiesArchaeological DiscoveryManuscriptsDead Sea ScrollsQumranReligious HistorySecond Temple PeriodBedouin CultureAccidental Discovery

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