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The project and some preliminary results were presented at a conference at the university last week: while in many instances, some scrolls might be more ancient than previously thought.
A new project combining carbon-14 dating and digital paleography might soon solve the riddle of the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The initiative, carried out at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, marks the first time in decades that a significant number of Dead Sea Scrolls fragments have undergone radiocarbon dating.
The scholars are still working on publishing their findings in an academic journal, but the project and some preliminary results were presented at a conference at the university last week.
In many instances, the new model confirmed the assessment of earlier researchers that some scrolls might be more ancient than previously thought.
Continued below.
How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Carbon-dating project to offer answers
A new project combining carbon-14 dating and digital paleography might soon solve the riddle of the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The initiative, carried out at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, marks the first time in decades that a significant number of Dead Sea Scrolls fragments have undergone radiocarbon dating.
The scholars are still working on publishing their findings in an academic journal, but the project and some preliminary results were presented at a conference at the university last week.
In many instances, the new model confirmed the assessment of earlier researchers that some scrolls might be more ancient than previously thought.
Continued below.
How old are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Carbon-dating project to offer answers
