US EditionAI Analysis Reveals Many Dead Sea Scrolls Are Centuries Older Than Believed
- An international team led by Mladen Popović at the University of Groningen used AI and radiocarbon dating to provide new estimates for the Dead Sea Scrolls' age.
- They developed Enoch, an AI model analyzing handwriting alongside radiocarbon data to improve on traditional paleography, which previously dated scrolls without empirical grounding.
- Enoch's analysis showed many scrolls, including two biblical fragments, date older than prior estimates, challenging assumptions about Hasmonean and Herodian script origins.
- Scholars validated that about 79% of Enoch's dates were realistic, with the model offering quantified objectivity that reduces traditional dating subjectivity.
- These findings open new research opportunities, suggesting a revised chronology for Jewish and Christian origins and a tool applicable to other ancient manuscript collections.
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most well-known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than previously thought, according to a new study. The new analysis, which combined radiocarbon dating with artificial intelligence, determined that some of the biblical manuscripts date back about 2,300 years to the time their alleged authors lived, said Mladen Popović, lead author of the report published Wednesday in t…
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