The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Giving up Their Secrets—Except for a Single Copper Treasure Map
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Image: Parts of the Qumran Copper Scroll. Images via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Tim Newcomb. Popular Mechanics – July 10, 2026.
Researchers have a fresh plan to definitively date the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. But even if it goes swimmingly over the next five years, there’s one scroll that will remain a mystery. One of the most exceptional Dead Sea Scrolls will remain impervious to the most modern methods of analysis, since the text is written on copper, rather than parchment or papyrus. Oh… and it’s also the only scroll that’s a treasure map. […]
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