Exhibit illuminates Dead Sea Scrolls
By Robert L. Pincus
UNION-TRIBUNE ART CRITIC
July 8, 2007
It's dumbfounding to think, standing in front of this or that example of the Dead Sea Scrolls, that these humble pieces of ancient paper, so small in size and covered with diminutive lines of text, were the archaeological find of the 20th century.
And it's startling to realize that without their initial discovery by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, they might still be lingering in their long-standing home, in caves near the site of the ancient settlement of Qumran.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
THE SAN DIEGO DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBIT is covered yet again in the Union-Tribune: