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Source: Julie Borg
The contents of a 1,500-year-old-parchment scroll, burned so badly it
could not be opened without destroying it, has remained a mystery since
its excavation, 45 years ago, from inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue
at Ein Gedi, Israel, on the western shore of the Dead Sea.
But scientists at the University of Kentucky recently used a new
software program to digitally unwrap parts of the document and analyze
its text. They were surprised to find the first eight verses of the book
of Leviticus enshrouded within the scroll.
“The discovery was providential,” said Brent Seales, the University...