And other things you wanted to ask an expert in forged biblical antiquities. The recent discovery of forged fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of the Bible has called attention to the ...

Museum of the Bible announced today that independent scientific testing on five fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls on display at the museum had been completed and that the tests “concluded that the five ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. The Museum of the ...

When the Museum of the Bible opened in Washington, D.C. last November, it gave pride of place to fragments that were purportedly part of the Dead Sea Scrolls, documents that date back to the early ...

Verifying the dates and authenticity of objects found for-sale on the worldwide antiquities market has always been a challenge for art collectors, museums, and dealers. As soon as something because ...

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While the theory that the various books in the New Testament may not have been written by people they are attributed to is not new, a well-known author and researcher has presented new arguments to ...

A 200-page report released over the weekend by the Museum of the Bible reveals that all 16 of its fragments of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are fake. “After an exhaustive review of all the imaging and ...