For over 70 years, the Dead Sea Scrolls found in the Qumran caves have helped decode the mysteries of ancient Jewish life, texts, religious documents, the Bible... Photo: Ancient origins.

However, determining the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been difficult. Recently, experts at the University of Groningen used a combination of AI and radiocarbon dating to accurately determine the age of these ancient documents. Photo: Public Domain.

A newly developed AI model called Enoch has allowed researchers to re-date many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, according to a report from the University of Groningen. Photo: Maruf Dhali/ University of Groningen.

Accurate dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls is essential for scientists to understand their context, authorship and influence. Photo: University of Groningen.

Research by experts from the University of Groningen published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are not only much older than initially thought, but were also written near the time of biblical authors, such as the Book of Daniel or Ecclesiastes. Photo: Byjeng/Shutterstock.com.

“We have developed a powerful tool that allows us to access history without destroying the original documents. It is like a time machine,” said Professor Mladen Popović from the University of Groningen (Netherlands). Photo: Casey L. Olson and Oren Gutfeld/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Using AI, experts were able to determine the age of more than 1,000 Dead Sea Scrolls that had long been discovered but had not been clearly dated. Photo: BYU professor of Hebrew Donald Parry.

Not only that, AI tools also help experts analyze the Dead Sea Scrolls without damaging them during the research process, decoding the content on them. Photo: independent.

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