Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls are at the San Diego Natural History Museum. We went to see them. It is amazing to see such ancient authentic exhibition!

The Dead Sea Scrolls (Bible books of Isaiah, Leviticus, Psalms, Deuteronomy, Job and others), dating from 240 BCE-68 CE, are one of the greatest archaelogical finds of all time. They were discovered beginning in 1947 in 11 caves along the shores of the Dead Sea in Israel.

The exhibit begins with Part I which is a presentation of the excavation of Qumran, an ancient settlement near the caves where the scrolls where found. They have original archeological tools, artifacts, and photographs. Then Part II continues in the basement of the museum where you enter through a replica of a cave near Qumran where the scrolls were found and here is where you actually see the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Here is Allan drinking his water just before we enter the museum

Surrounding outside the museum

Allan and Gordon exploring exhibits on the other parts of the museum before we entered the area of the museum where the Dead Sea Scroll are.
Have not pictures of the Dead Sea Scrolls since no one is allowed to take pictures in that area.

Allan took this picture of Gordon and I just before we left. Great exhibit! Highly recomended.