the parchment is in extremely fragile condition; insects had begun to gnaw at its fringes, and the outer portion, said Yadin, looked like “melted chocolate.” Unrolled, the scroll measures 28 ft.

Over 45 years ago, archaeologists discovered a burned 1,500-year-old Hebrew scroll on the shores of the Dead Sea in Israel. The ancient book has untouchable, disintegrating sheets, making it ...

The new technology, however, eliminates the need to do so by enabling parchment to be unrolled or unfolded ... tested successfully on a 19th century scroll provided by the Norfolk Record Office.