Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 21 minutes ago

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What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and who wrote them? Archaeologist Guy Steibel takes us inside one of the caves where they were found (warning: it smells).

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Featuring: Prof. Guys Stiebel, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Recorded and Animated by Jorge Cham: jorgecham.com
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