In Pictures: Israeli archaeologists search for Dead Sea Scrolls at Judean Desert
The Israel Antiquities Authority is in the midst of searching and exploring dozens of caves, which were discovered in 1951, in order to find antiquities from different periods, with the main expectation of finding pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other artefacts from some 2,000 years ago.
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Oriya Amichay, an archeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority holds up part of the stopper of a container which, according to the IAA was thought to contain an expensive liquid such as perfume, at the site of an excavation in Muraba'at Cave near the Dead Sea, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022.
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Members of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) team sift soil at an excavation site in the Murabaat cave in the Judean Desert area near the Dead Sea, on December 28, 2022. The IAA's expedition aims to find more of the known Dead Sea scrolls and other finds from some 2000 years ago at the cave, which was discovered in 1951 and was subsequently excavated and partially surveyed.
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Members of the Israel Antiquities Authority team sift soil at an excavation site in the Murabaat cave in the Judean Desert area near the Dead Sea, on December 28, 2022. In the cave, 180 documents written on papyri were previously discovered in which the name of the leader of the rebellion against the Romans, Shimon Bar Kochba, was mentioned for the first time.
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Members of the Israel Antiquities Authority team sift soil at an excavation site in the Murabaat cave in the Judean Desert area near the Dead Sea, on December 28, 2022.
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A member of the Israel Antiquities Authority team displays a find unearthed at an excavation site in the Murabaat cave in the Judean Desert area near the Dead Sea, on December 28, 2022.
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Findings are seen in a bucket by the entrance to a desert cliff excavation overseen by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Muraba'at Cave near the Dead Sea, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022.
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Volunteers of the Israel Antiquities Authority look for archaeological finds in the Murabba'at cave in the Judean Desert near Metzuki Dargot village, close to the Dead Sea, Israel, 28 December 2022.
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Excavators work inside Muraba'at Cave, a desert cliff excavation overseen by the Israel Antiquities Authority, near the Dead Sea, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022.
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A volunteer of the Israel Antiquities Authority holds pieces of ancient papyrus paper with a letter found in the Murabba'at cave in the Judean Desert near Metzuki Dargot village, close to the Dead Sea, Israel, 28 December 2022.
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Volunteers of the Israel Antiquities Authority look for archaeological finds in the Murabba'at cave in the Judean Desert near Metzuki Dargot village, close to the Dead Sea, Israel, 28 December 2022.
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An excavator holds up pieces of cloth in a desert cliff excavation overseen by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Muraba'at Cave near the Dead Sea, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022.
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