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Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

An archaeological investigation at this historical site of the Dead Sea Scrolls, spotlighting new discoveries that could transform our understanding of what happened at Masada 2,000 years ago.

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Narrator:
The tiny samples of collagen - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: The tiny samples of collagen

If this is successful, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

If this is successful,

That's really what --
what we expected for qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

That's really what -- what we expected for qumran

-Mm-hmm.
-Fantastic. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

-Mm-hmm. -Fantastic.

Narrator: The test reveals
that this bone - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: The test reveals that this bone

The men date to the time
the scrolls are written. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

The men date to the time the scrolls are written.

Finding these
first century a.D. Data - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Finding these first century a.D. Data

Narrator: They are buried next
to the caves - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: They are buried next to the caves

Are they the writers
of the dead sea scrolls, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Are they the writers of the dead sea scrolls,

Can discoveries here throw light
on an apocalyptic battle - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Can discoveries here throw light on an apocalyptic battle

Are further clues revealed
by a unique discovery - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Are further clues revealed by a unique discovery

The site lies next to
a mysterious all-male cemetery - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

The site lies next to a mysterious all-male cemetery

We have no other site
like qumran anywhere. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We have no other site like qumran anywhere.

It is a unique
archaeological site. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

It is a unique archaeological site.

Narrator: Archaeologist
jodi magness - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Archaeologist jodi magness

She searches qumran
for evidence that this area - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

She searches qumran for evidence that this area

Based on the information
that we have in the scrolls, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Based on the information that we have in the scrolls,

Narrator: Jodi wants to make
a connection between qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Jodi wants to make a connection between qumran

She starts with something
used by all observant jews -- - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

She starts with something used by all observant jews --

Right behind me is a jewish
ritual bath - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Right behind me is a jewish ritual bath

Narrator: The many large ritual
baths at qumran is evidence - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: The many large ritual baths at qumran is evidence

Narrator:
We know from the scrolls - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: We know from the scrolls

So this room is the largest
room in the qumran settlement. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

So this room is the largest room in the qumran settlement.

In a room adjacent to it, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

In a room adjacent to it,

This large room also apparently - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This large room also apparently

Narrator:
Qumran has all the facilities - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Qumran has all the facilities

And jodi has evidence qumran
is where the sect wrote - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

And jodi has evidence qumran is where the sect wrote

It's been identified as
a scriptorium or writing room. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

It's been identified as a scriptorium or writing room.

At the second story level
of this room, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

At the second story level of this room,

History also has another name
for the sect. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

History also has another name for the sect.

We do have sources
that tell us who this sect was. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We do have sources that tell us who this sect was.

All of these sources
talk about a jewish sect - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

All of these sources talk about a jewish sect

Narrator: Ancient sources tell
the story of the essenes. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Ancient sources tell the story of the essenes.

So the essenes were
part of this mosaic - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

So the essenes were part of this mosaic

In the middle of the revolt
in the year 68 a.D., - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

In the middle of the revolt in the year 68 a.D.,

The excavations revealed
roman arrowheads. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

The excavations revealed roman arrowheads.

Now, could it be that
the scenes here at qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Now, could it be that the scenes here at qumran

Narrator: Is this
the essenes's doomsday? - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Is this the essenes's doomsday?

Jodi searches caves
near qumran for answers. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Jodi searches caves near qumran for answers.

We have the remains
of approximately 600 - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We have the remains of approximately 600

Now, unlike in some of the other
caves, the scrolls and k4 - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Now, unlike in some of the other caves, the scrolls and k4

They had disintegrated - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

They had disintegrated

Narrator: The condition of
the scrolls left here are clues - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: The condition of the scrolls left here are clues

Narrator: It's evidence of
a last minute flight - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: It's evidence of a last minute flight

Where do they go? - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Where do they go?

Just 20 miles west of qumran
is jerusalem. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Just 20 miles west of qumran is jerusalem.

[ church bells ringing ] - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

[ church bells ringing ]

It is also the original home
of the essenes. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

It is also the original home of the essenes.

This is an area of jerusalem
called mount zion. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This is an area of jerusalem called mount zion.

He and a team from
the university of north carolina - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

He and a team from the university of north carolina

They unearth buildings
inhabited - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

They unearth buildings inhabited

It's a very complicated
city today - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

It's a very complicated city today

We have many different
religions, many cultures, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We have many different religions, many cultures,

Narrator:
Rafi's excavations reveal - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Rafi's excavations reveal

His dig unearthed
some extraordinary rooms - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

His dig unearthed some extraordinary rooms

This is probably a blocked
window that if we open it, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This is probably a blocked window that if we open it,

Now, this is quite exciting - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Now, this is quite exciting

They extract four fragments
from the rubble. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

They extract four fragments from the rubble.

Parts of a carved limestone cup
used in purification rituals. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Parts of a carved limestone cup used in purification rituals...

If so, what's it doing in
a city they have long abandoned? - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

If so, what's it doing in a city they have long abandon...

This is one of the most
exciting finds - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This is one of the most exciting finds

It's a stone cup made from
a very soft kind of limestone. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

It's a stone cup made from a very soft kind of limeston...

Can actually still see
the scraping or the chisel marks - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Can actually still see the scraping or the chisel marks

Narrator:
Stone cups like this are used - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Stone cups like this are used

This line is basically saying...
[ speaking foreign language ] - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This line is basically saying... [ speaking foreign language...

Is the cup evidence - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Is the cup evidence

He picks up the first thing
that comes into his hand, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

He picks up the first thing that comes into his hand,

He's writing the script, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

He's writing the script,

Lewis: There is a possibility
that this was actually made - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Lewis: There is a possibility that this was actually made

Nothing like this was
ever found in jerusalem. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Nothing like this was ever found in jerusalem.

Their own doomsday scroll
prophesizes a final battle - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Their own doomsday scroll prophesizes a final battle

This is one of the world's
most ambitious - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

This is one of the world's most ambitious

We're beneath the streets
of jerusalem - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We're beneath the streets of jerusalem

Narrator: Joe uziel from
the israel antiquities authority - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Joe uziel from the israel antiquities authority

Each time we dig in
about a meter - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Each time we dig in about a meter

But peeling it away, - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

But peeling it away,

Narrator: Joe and his team use
advanced structural engineering - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Joe and his team use advanced structural engineeri...

We have to make sure
that we're not doing anything - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We have to make sure that we're not doing anything

And so, alongside us,
a team of engineers follows - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

And so, alongside us, a team of engineers follows

Narrator: Today,
modern jerusalem bustles - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Today, modern jerusalem bustles

Between those layers are clues
to the fate of the authors - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Between those layers are clues to the fate of the authors

So we're walking now
on the original pavement - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

So we're walking now on the original pavement

The pavement,
which was part of the street - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

The pavement, which was part of the street

Narrator: Joe's excavations
have revealed - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Joe's excavations have revealed

Joe believes these finds
may explain the fate - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Joe believes these finds may explain the fate

We know that the romans
destroyed jerusalem - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

We know that the romans destroyed jerusalem

They don't just burn down
one point here, one point there. - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

They don't just burn down one point here, one point the...

They rip apart the streets - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

They rip apart the streets

Narrator: Joe uncovers
a destruction layer of burning - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

Narrator: Joe uncovers a destruction layer of burning

So what we have
in our excavations - Dead Sea Scrolls: The Doomsday Prophecy

So what we have in our excavations

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An archaeological investigation at this historical site of the Dead Sea Scrolls, spotlighting new discoveries that could transform our understanding of what happened at Masada 2,000 years ago.

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Year: 2020

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Released: 12 Apr 2020

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