Dead Sea Scrolls to be displayed in Rome
11/27/2008 | 10:34 PM (GMANews.TV)
JERUSALEM – Italian president Giorgio Napolitano says he will open an exhibition of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls in Rome next year.
Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Thursday that parts of the scrolls will be shown in Rome early next year. Segments of the scrolls are lent out regularly to museums around the world but haven't been shown in Italy yet.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
DEAD SEA SCROLLS are coming to Rome: