THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS are coming to Kansas City any day now. The preparations sound very thorough and a little cloak-and-dagger.

Union Station making ready for Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition
By: Barbara Bayer, Staff Writer [Kansas City Jewish Chronicle] January 26, 2007

The Dead Sea Scrolls are on their way to Kansas City, Mo.

It's just that nobody knows exactly when.

"It will arrive sometime between the end of January and the beginning of February. They don't tell us for security reasons," said Andi Udris, president and CEO of Union Station. "They will tell us about a half hour before it gets here."

Union Station Kansas City will host the international Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit beginning Feb. 8. The exhibit, on display through May 13, was developed in conjunction with the Israel Antiquities Authority. It will feature pieces of 10 scrolls. Six of the scrolls are original and have not been on public display in the United States. The other four are replicas. The exhibit will also feature a replica of the famous Copper Scroll. It also includes more than 100 artifacts - clay jars, sandals, even a hair comb - found in the community of Qumran, near where the scrolls were found.

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