What's New In History - The Dead Sea Scrolls

A serendipitous discovery led to one of the most significant finds of the 20th Century - The Dead Sea Scrolls. Also known as the Qumran Scrolls for the site they were found, scholars are still trying to piece them together and determine their significance.In today's episode, Bernie gets some help from Gil from "A Podcast of Biblical Proportions" to enlighten you on the Dead Sea Scrolls and how scholars and scientists are using cutting edge technology to unlock their secrets.Show Notes:Link to article:https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-04-24/ty-article/artificial-intelligence-helps-identify-authors-of-dead-sea-scrolls/0000017f-e8bb-da9b-a1ff-ecff98ae0000Link to Gil's Podcasthttps://podcastofbiblicalproportions.com/This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistoryContact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistoryhttps://twitter.com/danhorninghttps://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Support the show and listen ad-free to all of the episodes! Click here (remove the dot at the end for a working URL): https://plus.acast.com/s/history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.