IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO \u2013 May 31, 2007 \u2013 The Museum of Idaho re-opens tomorrowwith Ink & Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to the King James Bible. The exhibit was
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closed from May 29 through today so that new cave artifacts could be added
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from 1st century Qumran caves.
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Ink & Blood has been the second most popular exhibition (next to T.rex Sue)
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to date for the Museum of Idaho, with almost 3,000 visitors per week since
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it opened in February. The exhibition contains over 100 actual artifacts
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and some of the most exciting archaeological discoveries ever made,
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chronicling the preservation and subsequent translations of the most read
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book of all time \u2013 The Bible.
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The exhibition reopens on Friday, June 1st at 9am. Tickets to the
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exhibition are $6 for Adults, $4 for kids 4-17 years old, or $19 for the
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whole family. Regular museum hours will be Monday & Tuesday from 9am to
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8pm, and Wednesday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm, closed on Sunday. For
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further information about the exhibit or the Museum of Idaho, please call
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(208) 522-1400, x3003.
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About New Items:
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1st century cave artifacts from Qumran, Israel
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The Qumran caves preserved artifacts from many periods, and especially from
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c.200 B.C. to 68 A.D. The Dead Sea Scrolls date from about 250 B.C. to 68
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A.D.
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The artifacts that will be on exhibit have never been on display before and
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come from the same period and general location as the Dead Sea Scrolls; that
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is, the objects (with the exception of the 3 Ceramic Containers, Iron Age
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II) date from the late Hellenistic (= Hasmonean) to the Early Roman period,
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or from c. 150 B.C. to about 70 A.D. All are typical of Jerusalem and its
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environs. The light green hue of most of the glass is due to the metal
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oxides in the material from this area. This cave or tomb dates from about
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100 B.C. (the date of the major manuscript of The Rule of the Community) to
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70 A.D. (two years after the Romans burned Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
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were hidden).
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\u00d8 8 Glass Containers, Roman, 2nd-1st century B.C., Qumran, Israel
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\u00d8 4 Glass \u201cTear Drop\u201d Bottles, Roman, 2nd-1st century B.C., Qumran,
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Israel
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\u00d8 Unguentarium Glass Container, Roman, 2nd-1st century B.C., Qumran,
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Israel
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\u00d8 2 Hand Blown Glass Containers, Roman, 2nd-1st century B.C., Qumran,
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Israel
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\u00d8 3 Ceramic Containers, Iron Age II, 1000-586 B.C., Qumran, Israel*
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\u00d8 10 Ceramic Oil Lamp, Hasmonean Kingdom, 150-63 B.C., Qumran, Israel
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\u00d8 Ceramic Container, Late Hellenistic, 1st century B.C., Qumran,
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Israel
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\u00d8 Ceramic Oil Lamp, Herodian Period, c.30 B.C., Qumran, Israel
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*3 Ceramic Containers form Iron Age II: A fifth-century B.C. vessel was
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found in a Herodian (c.30 B.C.) level in a house in the Upper City of
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Jerusalem. In Discovering Jerusalem, N. Avigad opined that this vessel was
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\u201capparently kept in the house as a precious \u2018antique.\u2019\u201d (p. 182). Before 70
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CE, Jews admired \u201cantiques.\u201d
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