Fragments of the Bible scroll(Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority/Shai Halevi)
Fragments from a biblical scroll have been uncovered by archaeologists in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve.
It is the first time in around 60 years that archaeological excavations have yielded fragments from a biblical scroll.
The scroll dates back to the Bar Kokhba period in the 2nd Century AD and is written in Greek. The fragments contain portions of the Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum.
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said the fragments had been written by two different scribes.
They were discovered alongside the 6,000-year-old skeleton of a child, likely female, wrapped in cloth and mummified, a cache of coins, and what is believed to be the oldest complete basket in the world, dating back 10,500 years. CT.
