Scrolls were used by the Hebrews to record their religious texts, which today is referred to as the Tanakh. Some of these ancient scrolls are known today, i.e., the Dead Sea Scrolls.

What is a scroll? A scroll, or rotulus, or roll, is a length of papyrus, leather, parchment, or paper, on which writing is preserved and which is stored in a rolled form. It is most often made by fastening …

The most well-known texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are the ancient religious writings found in eleven caves near the site of Qumran. Discoveries from additional sites yielded mostly documents …

Scrolls were the first form of editable record keeping texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations.

Of what significance are the scrolls to Judaism and Christianity? This exhibition presents twelve Dead Sea Scroll fragments and archaeological artifacts courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority as well …

The scrolls are from a cache of more than 1,800 charred and carbonized papyri discovered in 1752 at a villa in Herculaneum thought to have belonged to Julius Caesar’s father-in-law.

Sep 15, 2025 · In 1947, a young Bedouin shepherd searching for a lost goat in the arid cliffs of Qumran stumbled upon clay jars hidden deep inside a cave. Inside them were ancient scrolls—fragile …

Apr 8, 2008 · What is a Scroll? A scroll is a large roll of parchment, papyrus, paper, or another flexible writing material which is used to store and display printed information. At one time, scrolls were the …

3 days ago · For the first time since 1968, the great Isaiah scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls is being displayed in its full length at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. They were discovered in 1947, just one …

Feb 21, 2026 · scroll (third-person singular simple present scrolls, present participle scrolling, simple past and past participle scrolled) She scrolled the offending image out of view. She kept scrolling …