The Dead Sea Scrolls at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Press Releases
March 31, 2008
DEAD SEA SCROLLS COME TO RALEIGH
July 7, 2008
WHO WROTE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND WHY?
Israeli scholar gives first Dead Sea Scrolls lecture July 17

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Duke Today - June 20, 2008
Duke on Camera (Flash video)
Raleigh's Museum of Natural Sciences presents a special exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of history's greatest archeological discoveries. Professor Eric Meyers describes the exhibit and explains the scrolls' religious and historical significance.

WRAL - June 25, 2008
New exhibit reveals mysteries, intrigue of Dead Sea Scrolls

News 14 - June 27, 2008
Dead Sea Scrolls arrive in Raleigh

News & Observer - June 28, 2008
Exhibit tells story of scrolls Duke let go

News 14 - June 28, 2008
Getting a chance to experience history

 

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The major intact texts, from Caves 1 & 11, were published by the late fifties and are now housed in the Shrine of the Book museum in Jerusalem.