Carbon dating is an important tool for archeologists. Two famous things that have been carbon dated include the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Shroud of Turin. This has allowed scientists to determine the age and authenticity of these items.
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The reign of King Tutankhamun was from 1333 BC to 1324 BC. The Dead Sea scrolls are generally dated between 150 BC and 70 AD. It is the Dead Sea Scrolls they are older.
They are called scrolls, like 'the Dead Sea Scrolls'.
Carbon Based Ink
Carbon dating (the measure of the isotope carbon 14) was used to estimate how old the scrolls were.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls have been dated in a variety of ways, including radiocarbon and by linguistics experts. Most tests agree that they were written at different times between 150 BCE and 70 BCE - this makes them around 2080 to 2160 years old. Pliny the Elder, writing around the time of the Fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, mentions an ancient Jewish sect known as the Essenes living in the area where the Scrolls were found and, as authorship is generally attributed to them, this is further evidence of their age. However, a limited number of other experts have argued that the Scrolls were written not by a Jewish sect but by an early Christian sect - which would mean that they must have been written later, either towards the end of Christ's lifetime or shortly afterwards. It should be noted that this theory is not favoured and scientific evidence points to a Jewish origin.
The Dead Mac Scrolls was created in 1992.
the dead sea scrolls were found in the mountain side caves of the dead sea
Peter W. Flint has written: 'The Dead Sea Scrolls' 'Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls' -- subject(s): Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran community 'The Dead Sea Psalms scrolls and the Book of Psalms' -- subject(s): Bible, Criticism, Textual, Dead Sea Psalms scrolls, Dead Sea scrolls, Textual Criticism, Versions