The image above is labeled as B-314643 from the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library collection. The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be a keystone in the history of archaeology with great historical, religious, and linguistic significance because they include the oldest surviving manuscripts of entire books later included in the biblical canons, along with deuterocanonical and extra-biblical manuscripts which preserve evidence of the diversity of religious thought in late Second Temple Judaism. At the same time they cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and of Rabbinic Judaism. Almost all of the 15,000 scrolls and scroll fragments are held by Israel in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum.

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Artifacts is for posting the very best objects, from the very large to the very small, made or shaped by mankind throughout history. These artifacts range from tools and works of arts to archaeological finds, and give us a better sense of life in various moments throughout history.

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