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Copper scrolls
In 1952, Israeli archaeologists discovered ancient metal copper scrolls in a cave. 12 inches long and 2 inches wide.
Over the millennia, copper scrolls have been corroded and brittle.
Earlier, in 1947, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The shepherds, about 15 miles east of Jerusalem, entered the cave and found jars, fragments, and parchment and papyrus inside. These scrolls are known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dead Sea Scrolls
However, when the copper scroll was discovered by archaeologists, everyone was excited. We all know that scrolls are paper or cloth or wood.
Metal scrolls, whether curled and formed with text on them, are more difficult to manipulate.
Copper scrolls
This inevitably makes people think that copper scrolls record more important things.
Some of the earliest biblical sources record turbulent Jewish history in the region.
For biblical archaeologists, this is a great discovery from a century, perhaps a thousand years.
If people want to know more about the text on the copper scroll, what is about?
It was best to unfold the entire scroll, which was a challenging thing at the time.
Copper scrolls have existed for thousands of years and have become very fragile, thin and easy to break because of oxidation.
Copper reel cutting work
In 1955, British scientists persuaded the Jerusalem authorities to cut the copper scroll to study in order to solve the mystery.
So they approached a baker at the University of Manchester and invented a tool. On October 1, 1955, they used this tool to begin dividing the copper scrolls. This priceless scroll of more than 2,000 years seems to be about to reveal his history.
After 3 months of work, they broke down the copper scroll into pieces.
Is this a treasure map?
Through archaeologists' understanding of the text, this copper scroll seems to be a treasure map, and this is just one of them.
There are a series of copper scrolls combined into one complete sheet. It will be a record 8 inches long and containing 64 entries.
And it seems that hundreds of tons of gold and silver, what today seems to be worth billions of dollars, is buried in the desert.
Maybe billions of dollars worth of gold, silver.
Who was so rich more than 2,000 years ago, comparable to the wealth of Elon Musk today?
However, another school of scholars has a different opinion on this statement.
They believed that the people in the area at that time were relatively simple, devoted to religious life, and would not have so much wealth.
British archaeologists later changed their statement to say that the treasure map was real, and that there was a problem with the conversion of values between ancient and present. The reels are described in millions, not billions.
At that time, it is necessary to know the accurate description of the record, and a more complete translation is needed. But the scholar delayed the publication of his translation.
There are two reasons, one of which is that if the description is false, he may be accused of more criticism; Second: If the description is true, it will attract countless treasure hunters.
So what he chose was to delay the time as much as possible.
Treasure hunter scholar
In 1962, two other scholars came to the site in search of treasure to prove that the copper scroll was a treasure map. After decades of searching, not a single piece of gold was found.
The study of copper scrolls may require more research by archaeologists and historians to obtain accurate theories, and the secrets of copper scrolls will continue to haunt scholars.