• In 1947, a shepherd stumbled upon the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves below the ancient settlement of Qumran, Israel. • The 11 caves are about 13 miles east of Jerusalem.
• The scrolls are written mostly on parchment, some on papyrus, in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
• Archaeologists have collected more than 100,000 scroll fragments into 931 documents.
• Pieces of every book of the Old Testament have been found, except the Book of Esther.
• In 1954, four scroll fragments were offered for sale in the Wall Street Journal.
• The scrolls were made accessible to the public in 1965.
• This is the scrolls' 13th U.S. visit and 21st trip out of Israel.
