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Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery

ScienceDailySunday, September 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM

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Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
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Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar.

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Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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