¡NOS MINTIERON CON LOS MANUSCRITOS DE QUMRÁN! El oscuro negocio de los textos sagrados

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century. But in 2020, the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.—the same one that cost $500 million to build—confirmed something devastating: its 16 Qumran fragments were modern forgeries. All 16. Without exception. This video reconstructs the most scandalous academic fraud in recent biblical archaeology: who bought, who sold, how the forgeries were made (Roman shoe leather, animal glue, mineral powder to simulate cave soil), and why American evangelical institutions were the perfect victims. They collaborated on the forensic investigation: 3D digital microscopy, chemical analysis of inks, infrared spectroscopy. The verdict was unanimous. The authentic manuscripts from the Qumran caves—the nine hundred—are beyond question. But the seventy fragments that “mysteriously” appeared starting in 2002 are another matter. This video tells that story. Sources: Art Fraud Insights report for the Museum of the Bible (Nov. 2019, published 3/13/2020; Colette Loll and team of five conservators and scientists); National Geographic (M. Greshko, 2020); coverage by CNN, NPR, Smithsonian, and the Biblical Archaeology Society; Lying Pen of Scribes project (University of Agder); paleographic observations by Kipp Davis; analysis by the German institute BAM (2018); Hobby Lobby settlement for Iraqi antiquities (2017). #DeadSeaScrolls #MuseumOfTheBible #Fraud #Qumran #BiblicalArchaeology