The Economist

How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? An AI model can help

EVER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age. The scrolls, which contain the earliest surviving copies of books from the ...
Ars Technica

Are Dead Sea Scrolls older than we thought?

Over the years, scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls have analyzed the ancient parchments with various methods: for example, X-rays, multispectral imaging, “virtual unfolding,” and paleography, i.e., ...
Fox News

Dead Sea Scrolls could be even older than previously thought, according to new study

The Dead Sea Scrolls may be even older than researchers thought, according to a new study driven by an artificial intelligence (AI) model. A group of researchers from the Netherlands, Italy and ...
New York Post

Dead Sea Scrolls much older than previously thought, AI-based study finds

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are much older than academics previously thought, a new study claims. Scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands utilized artificial intelligence to ...
CNN

In the lowest place on Earth, a sea is rapidly dying — and no one can agree how to save it

The motorboat cut through the aquamarine water of the Dead Sea, past dazzling-white formations forged from salt crystals. Jake Ben Zaken, the boat captain, pointed to a patch of darker water nearby ...