The Copper Scroll

History

The Copper Scroll

Since its discovery in 1952 The Copper Scroll has baffled archeologists, scholars, and the public alike. The Copper Scroll is comprised of 99% copper and 1% tin. This deviates from the rest of the scrolls, known as The Dead Sea Scrolls, it was found among. The majority of The Dead Sea Scrolls are comprised of parchment or papyrus.

On March 14th 1952 archeologists found The Copper Scroll, along with 14 other Dead Sea Scrolls, in Cave 3 near Qumran on the northern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank.

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