Operation Scroll, launched on November 14, has already made two significant discoveries in its search for more Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert. In a cave overlooking Jericho, archaeologist and BAR author Hanan Eshel found a papyrus fragment dating from the Bar-Kokhba Revolt against Rome (132–135 B.C.). Written in Aramaic, the document deals with economic matters. In another cave, north of Jericho, searchers found the well-preserved skeleton of a Canaanite soldier, dated between 3000 and 1200 B.C. Wrapped in a straw mat, the 40-year-old warrior lay with his armor and bow and arrows. The operation employs 46 archaeologists […]
