Rare Aramaic Inscription Discovered in Dead Sea Cave - Archaeology Magazine

Rare Aramaic Inscription Discovered in Dead Sea Cave - Archaeology Magazine

EIN GEDI, ISRAEL—When researchers entered a cave high above the Dead Sea, they intended to use multispectral imaging on a faint ancient Hebrew inscription found there, which they believed dated to the early first millennium b.c. However, according to the Greek Reporter, the team unexpectedly came across another inscription, a rare four-line passage written in Aramaic. The 3.15- by 1.38-inch message was etched into the bottom of a stalactite. Alt…