Dead Sea Scrolls: Hidden writing discovered on ancient manuscript using Nasa imaging technology
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hidden writing on fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been discovered by researchers using advanced imaging technology originally developed for NASA. These fragments were never cleaned and treated,” said Oren Ableman, a researcher at the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority. The fragments were then photographed using multispectral imaging as part of the decade-long project to digitise the Dead Sea Scrolls. open image in gallery Fragments of Dead Sea Scroll which have been stored in cigar boxes since the 1950s Mr Ableman believes one piece with paleo-Hebrew writing dates back to the late Second Temple period.
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