5 QUESTIONS: Preserving the Dead Sea Scrolls
An interview with Joe Uziel, head of the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is presented. He describes the beginning of the most noteworthy conservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1950s by scholars. He tells about MegaVision Inc.'s monitoring system used by the IAA...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 24 |
| Further subjects: | B
UZIEL, Joe
B Qumran Site (West Bank) B Dead Sea Scrolls B MEGAVISION Inc B BIBLICAL antiquities |
| Summary: | An interview with Joe Uziel, head of the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) is presented. He describes the beginning of the most noteworthy conservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1950s by scholars. He tells about MegaVision Inc.'s monitoring system used by the IAA for the scrolls' preservation. He explains that after a scroll's conservation process is completed, the document is stored under strict climatic conditions and periodically monitored. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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