Watching Brief: Fake Dead Sea Scroll Fragments at 'Museum of the Bible' - Oct 2018

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Channel: Archaeosoup · 2018 · Education

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Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find. 

Link of the Month: Black History Month: 

https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/

Black history has much to reveal about our ancestors – and ourselves:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/30/black-history-month-ancestors

Links:

Bible Museum says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/22/us/bible-museum-fake-scrolls/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0C8nBG__HD2HGOKHCXhaxVx0gH_2si2UVMhbVBXKoRoxzW-foJKLqZgBE

Museum of the Bible removes Dead Sea Scrolls after lab tests show they may be fake:

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/22/museum-bible-removes-dead-sea-scrolls-fake/1734993002/

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