Saturday, September 23, 2006

RECENT DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBITIONS IN THE USA are covered in this A.P. article, whose starting point is the current Seattle exhibit:
Museums use science to explore history, geography, religion

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

SEATTLE -- Not since King Tut set attendance records in the 1970s, has an exhibit from the Middle East been such a guaranteed success for America museums.

About a decade ago, museum directors began to dream of desert oases and ancient history again when the Israel Antiquities Authority decided it was time to share the Dead Sea Scrolls with the rest of the world.

A dozen exhibits in the United States have focused on the historical and religious aspects of this 1947 archaeological discovery in the Judean desert, but now Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits are moving into new territories: the realm of science.

A new exhibit co-designed by hands-on science museums in Seattle and Charlotte, N.C., opens this weekend at the Pacific Science Center. It is unique in several ways including its efforts to capture the imagination of children as well as their parents.

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Plus, The Olympian has an intro piece on the Scrolls that looks pretty good.

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