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May 7, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1083530.html

2,000-Year-Old Hebrew Scroll Found by Palestinian Antiquities Thieves

[Ha'aretz] Jonathan Lis - Two Palestinians were arrested Tuesday for attempting to sell a rare antique Hebrew scroll. Handwritten in Hebrew on papyrus paper and estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, the document was written by a widow named Miryam Ben Yaakov. The document was apparently stolen from a cave by antiquities raiders. All archeological artifacts within Israel's borders are state property and trading in artifacts is illegal.

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