Dark Secrets of The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls in Israel are the oldest biblical texts in the world. These fragile Hebrew manuscripts were discovered in 1946, inside desert caves at Qumran in the West Bank. Who wrote the scrolls and why did they disappear?

The investigation leads to a spectacular mountain fortress of Masada. Here archaeologists are discovering intriguing clues that suggest the authors of the scrolls fled here during the great Jewish revolt against Rome.

Did they come to Masada to escape an ancient apocalypse that destroyed their world? Did they bring with them their precious scrolls?

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