The Times of Israel, 20 May 2020 - ‘Shabbat’ revealed: UK’s ‘blank’ Dead Sea Scroll fragments yield a holy surprise

Title:
‘Shabbat’ revealed: UK’s ‘blank’ Dead Sea Scroll fragments yield a holy surprise

Author:
Amanda Borschel-Dan

Published:
The Times of Israel, 20 May 2020
https://www.timesofisrael.com/shabbat-revealed-uks-blank-dead-sea-scroll-fragments-yield-a-holy-surprise/

From the article:
"The University of Manchester’s Reed Collection was just a pile of 2,000-year-old leather scraps from Qumran — until Prof. Joan Taylor spotted one ghostly letter, then another…

A British university has discovered that “blank” pieces of leather parchment taken from the famed Qumran caves are not blank at all.  

Instead, they are now considered to be authentic Dead Sea Scroll fragments — the only ones in Britain.

University of Manchester (Science Alert, 19 May 2020) - Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Thought to Be Blank Turn Out to Have Hidden Text Inscribed

Title:
Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Thought to Be Blank Turn Out to Have Hidden Text Inscribed

Author:
Peter Cockrill

Published:
Science Alert, 19 May 2020
https://www.sciencealert.com/dead-sea-scroll-fragments-thought-to-be-blank-turn-out-to-have-hidden-text-inscribed

From the article:
"Scientists have realised that a set of blank fragments housed for over 20 years at the University of Manchester are not unmarked after all – and actually contain ancient inscriptions hidden to the eye, but viewable with the aid of multispectral imaging."