The second major expedition from the Hebrew University to hunt for more Dead Sea Scroll fragments left today for the Judean desert.
The first expedition last year under Prof. Yigal Yadin made an important find of Bar Kochba letters and captured Roman sacrificial vessels which proved to be major discoveries of the remains of Jewish resistance to the Romans.
The current expedition again was made up of university professors, students and amateur archaeologists. The Israel Army has again provided communications, transport supply and protection as well as technical assistance in the form of loans of mine detectors used in the hunt for metal relics.
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