Long before the privately owned Museum of the Bible opened near the U.S. Capitol in 2017, there were published doubts about the authenticity of its 16 papyrus fragments supposedly from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Papyrus fragments at D.C. museum not authentic pieces of Dead Sea Scrolls
When Islamic State came, Iraqi monks had just finished hiding manuscripts
The monastery’s superior recalled that one day, late in the afternoon, “I felt in my heart: I have to hide them now.”