The date of the En-Gedi scroll is the subject of conflicting evidence. He succeeded in 2009 in working out the physical structure of the ruffled layers of papyrus in a Herculaneum scroll. He has since developed a method, called virtual unwrapping, to model the surface of an ancient scroll in the form of a mesh of tiny triangles. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe En-Gedi scroll was brought to Dr. Seales’s attention by Dr. Shor. The surviving content of the En-Gedi scroll, the first two chapters of Leviticus, is part of a listing of the various sacrifices that were performed in biblical times at the temple in Jerusalem.

Source: New York Times September 21, 2016 18:22 UTC