The Dead Sea Scrolls Return to the States
The Dead Sea Scrolls are returning to American shores for the first time in nearly a decade. “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” featuring scroll fragments from ancient Israel, including pieces of a first-century boat found in the Sea of Galilee, opened at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, California, on Nov. 22.
“With so much upheaval going on [in the world], particularly in the very place where these artifacts originated, this exhibition offers a tangible connection to a timeframe sacred to both Jewish and Christian faiths,” said Melissa Giller, chief marketing officer at the Reagan Foundation.
Just as relics and other artifacts were brought from the Holy Land by medieval pilgrims, “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition” enables visitors to feel ancient Israel up close, Giller said.