The remains of at least 70 Biblical scrolls, 2,000 years old, have been discovered in Jordan in caves overlooking the Dead Sea, it was reported here today. Dr. Lankester Harding, director of Antiquities in Jordan, has described the finding of the Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic scrolls as the “most sensational archaeological event of our time.”
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