... cave with their fingernails. What they found allowed them to come to some astonishing conclusions" ("they found fragments and potsherds relating to Graeco-Roman times, dating from 30 B.C. to A.D. 70. Six hundred tiny scraps of leather and papyrus made it possible to recognize Hebrew transcriptions from ... of the Jewish uprising against the Romans in the year A.D.68 suggesting that the settlement was destroyed by violence and " that news of the Roman's approach prompted the members of the community to carefully conceal the Scripture scrolls in the jars which were discovered in Cave One" ...

• Word Count: 5563
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School