Enough new discoveries were found in the latest British archeological expedition, seeking further Dead Sea Scrolls, in the Qumram area in Jordan, to justify more diggings there, Dr. John Allegro, professor of Semitic languages at Manchester University, declared here today.
Dr. Allegro announced that digging in the Christmas Cave of the Kidron Valley, in the Qumram area, was temporarily finished yesterday, and said there was “plenty of evidence to justify further investigations.” The main chamber of the cave, he said, yielded may wooden objects, remnants of clothing, sandals, and “distinctive pottery” dating back to the Roman occupation of Palestine.
“It is clear,” Prof. Allegro said, “that the cave was much more than a temporary refuge.” He said that well-plastered floors, in the cave, indicated that the place had been “inhabited over a considerable period of time.”
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