The contents of an ancient burned Hebrew scroll have been deciphered for the first time thanks to state-of-the-art 3D scanning and digital imaging software.

A fragile scroll discovered in 1970 on the western shore of the Dead Sea has finally been deciphered, revealing it to be part of a Torah scroll. 3D scanning deciphers ancient Hebrew scroll - CNET X ...

A Hebrew scroll burned in an ancient fire and thought to be unreadable for over 1,000 years has finally revealed its contents to American and Israeli scientists who struggled to unravel its text.

The most ancient Hebrew scroll since the Dead Sea Scrolls has been deciphered, thanks in part to students in the University of Kentucky computer science department, and its chairman, Brent Seales.

Ancient Hebrew En-Gedi scroll unwrapped and read after 1,400 years – here's what it said The scroll had been destroyed in a huge fire inside the En-Gedi Holy Ark in 600 AD. By Hannah Osborne ...

Based on preliminary scans, Seales and his colleagues announced in 2015 that the Ein Gedi Scroll was a biblical text from the sixth century A.D. containing a column of text from the book of Leviticus.

The scroll, which now resembles a fist-sized glob of ash, was originally discovered in 1970 in Israel near the Dead Sea, in a damaged Holy Ark in an ancient Jewish synagogue. Until now it has been ...

The biblical scroll examined in the study was first discovered by archaeologists in 1970 at Ein Gedi, ... In ancient times, many versions of the Hebrew Bible circulated.

Ancient origins. The En-Gedi scroll (also spelled "Ein Gedi") is the oldest scroll discovered from the Hebrew Bible since the better-known Dead Sea Scrolls, which were found in the 1940s and date ...

Scientists have made a biblical breakthrough after a badly burned ancient Hebrew scroll was made readable. Josh King has the story (@abridgetoland). Skip to content. NOWCAST WLWT News 5 Today.

“The deciphering of the scroll, which was a puzzle for us for 45 years, is very exciting,” said Dr. Sefi Porath, discoverer of the scroll in the 1970 Ein Gedi excavations. Researchers said the Ein ...

At first glance, you could easily mistake this scorched, 2,000-year-old scroll for a hunk of lump charcoal. It's been burned and crushed, it crumbles at the touch, and it looks absolutely, hopelessly ...