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skintboy · Joined: 24 Dec 2007

Does anyone know where the Dead Sea Scrolls are being exhibited here in Korea?
Thanks

anyangoldboy · Joined: 28 Sep 2007

War Museum in Yongsan the last time I checked

skintboy · Joined: 24 Dec 2007

Thanks bro! Much appreciated!

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

i'm more interested in the secret listening party of "the council of nicaea - the lost tapes" at a soon-to-be-disclosed supersecret bunker underneath dongdaemun.

inukshuk · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Location: korea

I went. It's a scam. They have mere fragments of the actual scroll. They have replicas which span 10 meters long. Even the storage containers are replicas. 9/10's of the entire exhibit are bits and pieces of excavated artifacts from Jesus' time - which are worthless because there are 10's of millions of similar fragments on the market, in museums and owned by collectors, tourists and others.

I say it's a scam because the Korean herald article (or seoul times, i forget) led readers to believe the actual scroll was at the museum - again, only a mere fragment a few inches long.

scam

skintboy · Joined: 24 Dec 2007

Thanks for the information. Now I wont waste my time or money. I appreciate your help.
Cheers!

igotthisguitar · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:02 am Post subject:

Wow!

Wonder what the significance in timing & location could be?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea_scrolls

Darashii · Joined: 08 Jan 2008

That's bad journalism, not an actual scam.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I knew it had to be a scam. There was a similar display of "precious King Tut artifacts" in my hometown once.

Stupid plastic/painted replicas. What a joke.

For some fun reading, try reading this about the Cardiff Giant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant

inukshuk · Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Location: korea

Darashii,

get real. You haven't even read the article. The Korean Herald (or seoultimes) piece I mentioned purposely misleads people into thinking large "sections" of the scroll are here.

I went to the exhibit the 2nd day it was featured in korea. I went with my korean girlfriend.

I recommend you go if you are interested in seeing more carvings and mini statues that you've seen in every other ancient middle east (Egypt, meso, etc) exhibit in every other museum on earth. You can buy these mini carvings for $20 because the market is over saturated with them. People carved back then because there weren't any universities. It's like living in the year 2200 and going to a 20th century museum to see car tires.