Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery

ScienceDaily
Sep 20, 2026, 7:58 am106 ptsTrending
Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar. Its perfectly ordered 52-week system kept holidays on the same weekdays, but it slowly drifted out of sync with the seasons because it was…

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