Excavations on the storied Judean cliffside revealed a new Dead Sea Scrolls cave, full of scroll storage jars and other antiquities, the first such discovery in over 60 years.

The discovery upends a decades-old theory in the archaeological community that Dead Sea Scrolls were only found in certain caves at the Qumran cliffs, which are managed by Israel in the West Bank.

“Until now, it was accepted that Dead Sea Scrolls were found only in 11 caves at Qumran, but now there is no doubt that this is the 12th cave,” said Dr. Oren Gutfeld, one of the project’s lead archaeologists.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/08/world/new-dead-sea-scrolls-cave-discovered/index.html

Cool. Now what do they say?

Sadly, no scrolls found except for one blank one.

dv said:

Excavations on the storied Judean cliffside revealed a new Dead Sea Scrolls cave, full of scroll storage jars and other antiquities, the first such discovery in over 60 years.

The discovery upends a decades-old theory in the archaeological community that Dead Sea Scrolls were only found in certain caves at the Qumran cliffs, which are managed by Israel in the West Bank.

“Until now, it was accepted that Dead Sea Scrolls were found only in 11 caves at Qumran, but now there is no doubt that this is the 12th cave,” said Dr. Oren Gutfeld, one of the project’s lead archaeologists.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/08/world/new-dead-sea-scrolls-cave-discovered/index.html

Qumran. That’s where they set that Yes Prime Minister ep.

• Cool. Now what do they say?

“To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.”

Ian said:

dv said:

Excavations on the storied Judean cliffside revealed a new Dead Sea Scrolls cave, full of scroll storage jars and other antiquities, the first such discovery in over 60 years.

The discovery upends a decades-old theory in the archaeological community that Dead Sea Scrolls were only found in certain caves at the Qumran cliffs, which are managed by Israel in the West Bank.

“Until now, it was accepted that Dead Sea Scrolls were found only in 11 caves at Qumran, but now there is no doubt that this is the 12th cave,” said Dr. Oren Gutfeld, one of the project’s lead archaeologists.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/08/world/new-dead-sea-scrolls-cave-discovered/index.html

Qumran. That’s where they set that Yes Prime Minister ep.

Bernard-: Mr Walker wants to talk to you in the next tent.
PM-: Never herd of hi.
Bernard-: Mr Johnny Walker Prime Minister.
PM-: Oh…Oh yes…I’ll be right there.

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, no scrolls found except for one blank one.

Intentionally left blank

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, no scrolls found except for one blank one.

Intentionally left blank

They were going to write a new testament on it but they ran out of ideas.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, no scrolls found except for one blank one.

Intentionally left blank

The wise man that was going to do it was too stoned.

It’s even a bit difficult to find out details of what were in the original Dead Sea scrolls. I have a copy of the book “the dead sea Scrolls in English” somewhere, but it’s woefully incomplete.

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/scrolls_deadsea/deadseascrolls_english/contents.htm

Tau.Neutrino said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Bubblecar said:

Sadly, no scrolls found except for one blank one.

Intentionally left blank

The wise man that was going to do it was too stoned.

used a magic marker …just need to flick on the uv light and voila!

“Hello true believers”

Little bit of a spelling mistake in previous versions of the word of god, in the previous scrolls one word wasn’t clear it should be “celebrate” not “celibate” hopefully if hasn’t caused any problems.

Cymek said:

“Hello true believers”

Little bit of a spelling mistake in previous versions of the word of god, in the previous scrolls one word wasn’t clear it should be “celebrate” not “celibate” hopefully if hasn’t caused any problems.

snigger

furious said:

• Cool. Now what do they say?

“To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.”

I recognise that from Red Dwarf.

Or was it?

“The following is a work of fiction. It is loosely based on historical and is in no way meant to be historically accurate. Except for the talking turkeys.”

The original version was:

“This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.”

mollwollfumble said:

furious said:

• Cool. Now what do they say?

“To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.”

I recognise that from Red Dwarf.

Or was it?

“The following is a work of fiction. It is loosely based on historical and is in no way meant to be historically accurate. Except for the talking turkeys.”

The original version was:

“This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.”

SVU says the same sort of thing despite its show being obviously very closely based on a current topical incident.